I have. Spent a bit of time with him at a programming conference once. Stayed in contact for while. Swapped a bit of code.

While his macho karate pistol action with his hot lawyer wife may annoy you, he's earned it all.

He couldn't walk straight due to birth defects on his feet, he had a serious shyness problem, and when he talked he was incapable of eye contact. He was presenting a lecture on portable unix programming, and he KNEW his shit, but he was a terrible communicator. I could not imagine him getting a date.

He has worked hard and EARNED everything he has, and has been a net positive for open source. I respect the guy.

And his writing is great. Both informative and entertaining.

And he is NOTHING like RMS. They'd both spit at the suggestion. So maybe they spit the same. But other than that, no way.