On Wed, 1 Oct 2008, Justin Krejci wrote: >> Apparently, the FreeBSD supporters make a big issue of it, but really >> all Stallman is doing is saying that he doesn't recommend FreeBSD for >> that reason. If they want him to recommend it, they'll have to change >> it. It's not that he is doing something wrong. His thing is to promote >> free software, and he can do that better by not recommending FreeBSD. >> He isn't attacking FreeBSD, he's just not recommending it. > > Agreed; however RMS's own software suggests to users that they > could/should use non-free software since gcc and emacs have Windows, > Solaris, etc binary files, source patches, etc. The general problem as > outlined by Theo (once you read past the personal attacks) is that RMS > is not so holy and dedicated to his own cause as he claims thru words > and thru actions and is labeled a hypocrite. Stallman used to do all of his development work on a proprietary UNIX system, eventually replacing everything but the kernel. I think he has to allow us to move a step at a time toward his position, just as he moved a step at a time to get there. This was an interesting thread and I did learn a few things from it even though I've been reading about Stallman, etc., for a long time now. There's always something new. I hope many TCLUGers will come out for Stallman's talk. Maybe we can meet somewhere afterward. Mike