I was blissfully unaware of so much rms drama for so long.
Folk hero hacker lives on a mountain arthritis from coding furiously genius no-social-skills hermit FREE SOFTWARE…
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and I believed most of it. First exposure to him was 1990 rms was at the initials of so many things. Loved his telling of EMACS and his software-fight drama.
and YET EVEN BACK THEN…
Something “extra” I couldn’t put my finger on.
I didn’t follow him closely but he still had a tilted halo on his head.
A handful of years ago, I decided to catch up. Read his writings. Enjoyed his tech opinions, so full of fire. BUT…
there was that “Something extra” I couldn’t put my finger on but it was louder and had red flag on it but I couldn’t figure it out. I could excuse it again – Ivory tower ish… too many years with worshippers got to his head, I dunno… but I didn’t like him quite so much and I didn’t know why.
I chalked it up to “old guy, old ways, stuck, always right for too long”…
So, this stuff today threw me a bit. I’d have excused the toe picking. I knew he was libertarian so I expected some bad opinions…
…but no… this is crossing over big lines stuff. No excuses. It’s the vibe I got from Krauss. Vibe I got from a number of folks and now I see what it is.
Not as smart as they think. Really not.
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