Yes, this is a perfect example of the difference between open source and free software.
I remember Stallman saying something along the lines of "even if it weren't as good as proprietary software, it would be important for people to use free software" over a decade ago.
The fact that releasing the source code, and allowing people to modify it, leads to high quality software is a nice perk as far as he's concerned; but it's not the reason for the FSF. The FSF exists so that programmers aren't helpless when their system breaks.
Raymond's arguments, on the other hand are all about which compiler or debugger is better, assuming the compilers and debuggers being compared are open source.
I remember Stallman saying something along the lines of "even if it weren't as good as proprietary software, it would be important for people to use free software" over a decade ago.
The fact that releasing the source code, and allowing people to modify it, leads to high quality software is a nice perk as far as he's concerned; but it's not the reason for the FSF. The FSF exists so that programmers aren't helpless when their system breaks.
Raymond's arguments, on the other hand are all about which compiler or debugger is better, assuming the compilers and debuggers being compared are open source.