From: crude@sausa.ge   
      
   On Mon, 26 Jan 2026 16:24:46 -0600, chrisv wrote:   
      
   > CrudeSausage wrote:   
   >   
   >>Once again, you have to ask yourself whether free software and an   
   >>entirely free operating system would have seen the light of day had   
   >>Stallman not gotten annoyed with that printer in the late 1980s. I   
   >>believe that had it not been for him, we would be stuck in a Windows vs.   
   >>Mac situation with no alternative whatsoever. Both companies would give   
   >>us little more than table scraps for free, and Microsoft would happily   
   >>charge $600 or more for their office suite. _Maybe_ IBM would still have   
   >>been around with OS/2, but I doubt it.   
   >>   
   >>Given that situation, Stallman has indeed earned a doctorate. His   
   >>dedication to free software means that all of us have a way out, whether   
   >>we are annoyed with the fact that our platform of choice won't let us   
   >>uninstall the browser or forces artificial intelligence into everything.   
   >>We have a choice because grouchy Stallman thought that people should   
   >>have a right to know how their hardware works and create a driver for it   
   >>themselves if the manufacturer refuses to support it.   
   >   
   > Stallman achieved great things and helped make the world a better place   
   > for everyone.  That he's personally an oddball is insignificant and   
   > irrelevant.   
   >   
   > Why are we rewarding some dumb fscking creep's shitty trolling?   
      
   A lot of the most influential people in history were oddballs anyway. We   
   know that now, and we all try not to judge too quickly.   
      
      
      
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