Levi Bard wrote:
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> Linus Torvalds isn't the anti-Gates. He and Gates are much the same;
> they're nice, easygoing guys who do what they feel is best for their
> products to succeed, even at the expense of users and/or customers.
From what I've read, Gates is anything but easygoing. He is apparently
quite hard to work with, particularly for subordinates. If Gates could
be characterized as "easygoing", it would only be because he's the
richest man in the world, so he could chuck it all if he wanted to.
> If anyone's the anti-Gates, it's RMS: he pushes for the continued
> freedom of his software even if it means that there will be a few
> fewer people who choose to make use of it.
I think you're right about that.
Paul
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