But.... Rich is pushing things a little too far I believe.
On the front page of the Clojure web site, under the section 'Rationale", his very first 6 words are:
> "Customers and stakeholders have substantial investments [...]"
Those words do not sit well with (from the rant):
> "[..] you are not thereby entitled to anything at all. You are not entitled to contribute. You are not entitled to features. You are not entitled to the attention of others. You are not entitled to having value attached to your complaints. You are not entitled to this explanation."
I get it, Rich is making a point, and its a fair and unarguable one - if he indeed has no loyalty or feeling whatsoever towards said Customers and Stakeholders.
But in the real world, we want our work to be valued by others, and I'll bet that the stewards of Clojure feel just the same and maybe shudder just a little.