I think Stallman is a fundamentalist, but an important one. I think he prompts debate and exemplifies practice in a way that is only possible because he simply will not touch proprietary software.
This is a key point I think. His approach (i.e. not touching proprietary) is clearly silly as a general attitude (both from the point of view of the software ecosystem and as a user). But by staying true to an ideal he believes in helps counterpoint the closed-tight ecosystem of some companies.
Somewhere in the middle there is a happy medium (possibly where we sit right now).
This is a key point I think. His approach (i.e. not touching proprietary) is clearly silly as a general attitude (both from the point of view of the software ecosystem and as a user). But by staying true to an ideal he believes in helps counterpoint the closed-tight ecosystem of some companies.
Somewhere in the middle there is a happy medium (possibly where we sit right now).