[jobposter1234]

What do you mean by the "wrong" side of history? I only see one or two reasonable arguments that can be made against Stallman -- he might be out of touch, he definitely values personal freedom over convenience... But it's a bit early to cast a value judgement saying he's on the wrong side of history.

I see him as someone who values things differently than I do, but I also could see a future 150 years down the road where people bemoan and wail, "why didn't we listen to Stallman".

[handelaar]

And the answer will be "because he was unable to make himself listenable".

[markbnj]

Well certainly that's part of it. But what I really mean is that he is like Edison on the subject of DC. Right on the big picture, but obsessed with his own ideal of the implementation.