RMS is not paranoid, he is extremely consistent in applying his philosophy. He shows by example what it&#x27;s like to use only free software.<p>For the rest of us, his ways are extremely impractical, so we compromise. We run a lot of proprietary software, and we don&#x27;t really think about it.<p>But RMS thinks about it, and tells us in every single instance exactly what we are giving up as a compromise. And in that regard he, and the FSF, are very useful, and deserves respect.<p>The world would be a worse place without him, but we also only really need one of him.