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Disgusting. If anything, Richard Stallman should be nominated for it as he has done far more and the Free Software movement is much more in line with the intent
by omouse 17y ago
Disgusting. If anything, Richard Stallman should be nominated for it as he has done far more and the Free Software movement is much more in line with the intent of the Nobel Peace Prize.
- mieses 17y agoi would agree with you. stallman is a better fit for a nobel. he's such an inspiration. torvalds just works hard, which is so trivial and boring.
- igorgue 17y agoto be fair... both work hard
- mieses 17y agonobels are often awarded for working hard at being inspirational. i guess that is also a kind of work.
- selven 17y agoWhat he's saying is that Linus is a more behind-the-scenes person, not a public figure (although he does make quite a few controversial forum posts). RMS is out there, at the front, campaigning for his ideals.
- whatusername 17y agoMaybe it's because I'm up late - but I read sarcasm in that post.. RMS talks a lot (similar perhaps to the latest Nobel prize winner* (nominated 8 days into office)), whereas Linus gets stuff done.
- selven 17y agoThat's essentially what I said, just the bias is swapped.