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October 10, 2011 02:05 pm

Richard Stallman's Dissenting View of Steve Jobs

Garabito writes "Richard Stallman, founder of the Free Software Foundation, has posted his no-so-fond memories of Steve Jobs on his personal site saying: "As Chicago Mayor Harold Washington said of the corrupt former Mayor Daley, 'I'm not glad he's dead, but I'm glad he's gone.' Nobody deserves to have to die — not Jobs, not Mr. Bill, not even people guilty of bigger evils than theirs. But we all deserve the end of Jobs' malign influence on people's computing." His statement has spurred reaction from the community; some even asking to the Free Software movement to find a new voice."

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