So, basically money is evil. And lack of money is noble, I assume? Please, this is not 1200 AD. He didn't steal any of it. He was an excellent business man, and he earned it all. Apple fired him and they went down - this shows how much of a difference he made. You can't create something that cohesive with engineering power alone, and this is one of his major merits.
And my Wikipedia argument does hold - you can't just post snippets out form someone's speech/book and use it as proof. People directly involved with Steve Jobs knew better than any of those anonymous Wiki editors, and if they respected him for what he did, it means damn more than a <quote> on a forum. Look up what Wozniak had to say about him, if you're so interested in his off-stage character.
Stallman's contribution to the world is almost null - he wasn't the first one to think of free, open source software. He's so aggressive and absurd in some of his views (people writing non-free software and their companies deserver to crash, no pity for their troubles etc.) that he alienates (almost) everyone with real influence. On the other hand, Apple used to sell/sells computer kits starting back in the 70'. Hm, yes, indeed, how could anyone see their merits in pushing the idea of an affordable, complete PC, smartphone or tablet...
As for OLPC - what does it have to do with any of it? That's like expecting to have Windows in your washing machine. Different software for different needs. If it wouldn't have been Linux, it would have been another free OS, it's that easy. And why did you mention a 'hegemony'? Again, it has nothing to do with Stallman and everything to do with Jobs and Gates: it's about technical merits, cohesion and user friendliness more than anything else. Linux is not the best desktop by far, and this is why people prefer to buy something else. Blaming them for offering a better product is absurd.
There's no such thing as 'passion against something else'. There is, however, a 'passionate hate'. Which is everything but rational, as some of the posts here obviously prove.
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And my Wikipedia argument does hold - you can't just post snippets out form someone's speech/book and use it as proof. People directly involved with Steve Jobs knew better than any of those anonymous Wiki editors, and if they respected him for what he did, it means damn more than a <quote> on a forum. Look up what Wozniak had to say about him, if you're so interested in his off-stage character.
Stallman's contribution to the world is almost null - he wasn't the first one to think of free, open source software. He's so aggressive and absurd in some of his views (people writing non-free software and their companies deserver to crash, no pity for their troubles etc.) that he alienates (almost) everyone with real influence. On the other hand, Apple used to sell/sells computer kits starting back in the 70'. Hm, yes, indeed, how could anyone see their merits in pushing the idea of an affordable, complete PC, smartphone or tablet...
As for OLPC - what does it have to do with any of it? That's like expecting to have Windows in your washing machine. Different software for different needs. If it wouldn't have been Linux, it would have been another free OS, it's that easy. And why did you mention a 'hegemony'? Again, it has nothing to do with Stallman and everything to do with Jobs and Gates: it's about technical merits, cohesion and user friendliness more than anything else. Linux is not the best desktop by far, and this is why people prefer to buy something else. Blaming them for offering a better product is absurd.
This is really just semantics, nothing more. A passion for something could always translate to a passion against something else
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