Some software is promoted on its merits and some software exists just "because it's GNU" (e.g. Hurd, Guile, Guix, gNewSense, GnuTLS, Shishi, GNUstep, Gnash, etc.). It's pretty safe to ignore the latter kind.
GnuTLS is actually a good thing. OpenSSL has become a monoculture and there's a lot of good reasons to not use it (in addition, the license isn't GPL-compatible so it's a pain to link against in projects too).
Gnash, really? What other open alternative to Adobe's player would you recommend? For example, Gnash is the only way to get Flash support on the Raspberry Pi - is that not valuable?
As someone who works on Guile and Guix in good part because of their technical aspects and friendly community, this comes off as pretty insulting and ignorant.
