I’ve said it before: “entitlement” goes both ways. Treating users of your software like the enemy is no way to behave, whether it’s open source or not. If you don’t like your users - maybe it’s time to take a break from software development?
Based on this post, you get the impression that Hickey think Clojure users are his enemies? I didn't get that impression at all, and I also know that Hickey sees Clojure users as friends, receives feedback from many in the community, and Clojure is open to community contributions, although differently than many other projects are run.
Perhaps not Clojure, but there are other projects where this is an issue. Users are treated as a burden: the regular response to a bug or request is "well why don't you do it yourself then". I don't really want to start a flame war so I won't name names, but I have seen it. Though I'll say it is thankfully rare.
