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Story: Eric S Raymond Defends Richard M Stallman Over Steve JobsTotal Replies: 5
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tracyanne

Oct 11, 2011
4:20 PM EDT 		ESR and RMS weren't talking to each other.
gus3

Oct 12, 2011
9:10 AM EDT 		They do disagree with each other's philosophies, but "even a blind pig will find an acorn or two."
cr

Oct 12, 2011
3:20 PM EDT 		Maybe Raymond saw an opportunity to irritate and annoy Stallman by agreeing with him?
Grishnakh

Oct 12, 2011
4:39 PM EDT 		Or maybe Raymond wanted to get back into the limelight after being ignored for so many years?
jdixon

Oct 12, 2011
4:53 PM EDT 		Raymond's probably just upset he didn't think of insulting Jobs and getting the media attention first.
tracyanne

Oct 12, 2011
5:45 PM EDT 		I followed the link through to ESR's article, It seemed like a well reasoned and well thought out peice that ESR wrote.

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