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They aren't ``missing the point'' of C and UNIX any more than Microsoft are--they just choose to do something different entirely. They aren't going for ``the UNIX philosophy'' or lean code or tradition, they're going for large feature sets and wide market share with software that works on
today's computers. I even emailed Stallman about this and he said he isn't big on the UNIX philosophy, he's fine with extensions (why wouldn't he be? GNU-only options encourage you to use GNU), and that the Emacs icon was once an overflowing kitchen sink ``for a reason''.
Complaining about GNU not meeting a philosophy it simply isn't trying to meet is dumb. UNIX isn't the measuring stick all operating systems are set by. GNU's Not Unix.