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How do you know Eich is intolerant? Maybe he is just misguided on an issue that really shouldnt be up to him. No one said tolerate intolerance, but considering the response to Eich, some proportionality is needed.

The issue was his contribution in 2008, which is what led to him stepping down.

> To be afraid that gay marriage will somehow sully "traditional" marriage?

How do you know thats why he's against it? Did he tell you that?

Yeah it would make them a racist. Because its most likely hate or disgust for the other race which is causing a person to be against interracial marriage. But for same sex marriage, there are BS religious reasons to be against it, not just hatred or disgust of gays.

It was a ballot initiative in 2008. We have a constitution to prevent the will of the majority violating the rights of a minority. Its too bad it was up to voters. But he still has a right to take a side without fear of economic retribution.

It was a political issue in 2008, it was a ballot initiative. You grandiose view of the issue doesn't change the fact that he is being punished for his political expression.

Im not sure anti same sex marriage is the same as homophobia. Is it the wrong opinion, yes. But I wouldnt say being against same sex marriage is sufficient to make someone a homophobe.

Is he a bigot? "A bigot is someone who, as a result of their prejudices, treats or views other people with fear, distrust or hatred." I don't think he does that. He just wrongly thinks the state shouldnt recognize same sex marriage.

Send him to the concentration camp of tolerance!

Great. Yet another "Pending Review" to wait through. HN is now the App Store of internet discussion.

Awesome

Touch support please!

This is the dumbest thing I ever started to read.

Although patio is an American he lives in Japan

Stallman doesn't. Apple did open source WebKit, which made the browser experience good.

Sounds bleak

Web and internet are not the same thing. Web generally refers to a browser client.

At least tablet PC was its own edition, not something forced on everyone.

Maybe there were a swarm of applicants. You were obviously qualified but they just went with someone else for no reason that reflects on you.

I know, I'm referring to the tweet you are responding to. But let's be honest, Bitbucket and hg do get some irrational hate in certain hacker circles.

What if I have a Bitbucket profile? Or is that not hipster enough?

Get a degree in EE?

A tragedy, actually.

I like micro-isv. Still have a few of the t-shirts you used to sell.

desktop only marketed through the Mac App Store and mac update

$2000/mo on a Mac app

maybe

>> Just because someone's an engineer doesn't magically make people throw money at their project.

No one said that. It is a lame criticism - focus on whether there is a need for the project, is it possible in the time frame, etc. Substance over style, please.

Agreed. Cocoa is the most productive environment for desktop development. It is unrivaled.

I think GNUStep already implements the public Cocoa SDK for 10.4. Though I still think the jump to 10.6 will take longer than a year, if that means supporting Core Data, GCD, bindings, etc.