Most people pay a third party (after having paid for law school) to cram the information into their head in a short period of time.
RHCE for example isn't great, but having passed both I think it's actually better than the bar exam, since they at least hand you a live broken server.
I'm not sure you would describe him as "nicest" if you had talked to him in person.
I think being nice requires you to be able to acknowledge other people's viewpoints, even if you don't agree with them. Stallman comes across as fundamentally incapable of that.
It is not a good indicator of competence.
Most people pay a third party (after having paid for law school) to cram the information into their head in a short period of time.
RHCE for example isn't great, but having passed both I think it's actually better than the bar exam, since they at least hand you a live broken server.