Then again... (Score 1)

maybe esr is starting to think of himself as a star. The star of OS, hobnobbing with the biggies in redmond. Well, it wouldn't be the first time, folx. Maybe they'll stroke his ego a bit, wine & dine (oops, he doesn't drink, I don't think!) him, then get him on board with the M$ point of view of the world. As the OS spokesperson who can do no wrong (to many of you wide-eyed worshippers), I'm sure he'd excel as a trojan horse. Rest assured that bill et.al. have only the impurest of motives.