I don't think very many people are debating that. I wonder if the major disconnect between RMS and deIcaza is that deIcaza deals with the people at Microsoft,

I don't think very many people are debating that. I wonder if the major disconnect between RMS and deIcaza is that deIcaza deals with the people at Microsoft, whereas RMS only sees them as a corporation. Thus, deIcaza might see them as a diverse and malleable entity and RMS would not. Of course, I don't have the inside scoop here, so I'm just conjecturing and could be completely wrong.