I see it the same way you might give a loved one an occasional ribbing for something they have an ongoing hangup about, or even once yelled about several years ago.
It sucks for him and his recognition that “Linux” is such a good name that people use it for the entire OS. But the dude is basically still a hero. Anybody who helped really get the FOSS/GNU/Linux movement going is. We have a huge amount of the tech world that runs so well on free and open software, plus it’s well beyond the critical mass where it isn’t going anywhere and will be an option permanently (barring some event that also, you know, ends civilization).
I see it the same way you might give a loved one an occasional ribbing for something they have an ongoing hangup about, or even once yelled about several years ago.
It sucks for him and his recognition that “Linux” is such a good name that people use it for the entire OS. But the dude is basically still a hero. Anybody who helped really get the FOSS/GNU/Linux movement going is. We have a huge amount of the tech world that runs so well on free and open software, plus it’s well beyond the critical mass where it isn’t going anywhere and will be an option permanently (barring some event that also, you know, ends civilization).