From: Daniel Colascione <dancol@dancol.org>
To: rms@gnu.org
Cc: 12621@debbugs.gnu.org, andrewjmoreton@gmail.com
Subject: bug#12621: Emacs 24.1 crashing on Windows 7
Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2012 12:45:46 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <50CCE17A.3040402@dancol.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1Tjxh8-0002zD-HL@fencepost.gnu.org>
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On 12/15/12 11:46 AM, Richard Stallman wrote:
> Well, "Win7" is not a correct description, it's a shorthand.
>
> We ask people to call the combined system GNU/Linux to show respect
> for our work. But nobody is forced to show us (or anyone else)
> respect. People who despise us are free to call the system by some
> nasty name, and even to deny us credit by calling it "Linux".
>
> I don't think a piece of proprietary software, with known spyware, DRM
> and back doors, deserves respect. Nonetheless, I usually call it
> "Windows".
There's expressing an opinion about an OS, and then there's slander.
Yes, Windows has DRM, but so does practically everyone else. Windows
contains no "spyware" or "back doors". There are many valid reasons
to dislike Windows, but all you did was sling FUD.
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Thread overview: 52+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-10-11 3:32 bug#12621: Win32 (Ver:24.2); Crashes when files from shared folders are accessed Arvind Devarajan
2012-10-11 8:38 ` bug#12621: Acknowledgement (Win32 (Ver:24.2); Crashes when files from shared folders are accessed) Arvind Devarajan
2012-10-11 17:11 ` bug#12621: Win32 (Ver:24.2); Crashes when files from shared folders are accessed Eli Zaretskii
2012-10-16 13:39 ` Arvind Devarajan
2012-10-16 17:32 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-10-22 10:19 ` Arvind Devarajan
2012-10-22 17:14 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-10-23 12:16 ` Arvind Devarajan
2012-10-23 16:24 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-12-13 10:22 ` bug#12621: Emacs 24.1 crashing on Win7 Arunas Ruksnaitis
2012-12-13 18:04 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-12-13 18:30 ` Arunas Ruksnaitis
2012-12-13 19:05 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-12-13 19:13 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-12-13 21:09 ` Arūnas Rukšnaitis
2012-12-14 9:16 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-12-14 14:07 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-02-19 18:53 ` Glenn Morris
2013-02-19 21:00 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-12-13 18:41 ` Arunas Ruksnaitis
2012-12-13 19:08 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-12-14 15:22 ` bug#12621: Emacs 24.1 crashing on Lose7 Richard Stallman
2012-12-14 18:31 ` Arunas Ruksnaitis
2012-12-15 0:36 ` bug#12621: Emacs 24.1 crashing on Windows 7 Andy Moreton
2012-12-15 8:16 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-12-15 19:46 ` Richard Stallman
2012-12-15 20:03 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-12-15 20:41 ` Drew Adams
2012-12-16 21:23 ` Richard Stallman
2012-12-15 20:45 ` Daniel Colascione [this message]
2012-12-16 21:23 ` Richard Stallman
2012-12-17 2:03 ` Dmitry Gutov
2012-12-17 2:19 ` Daniel Colascione
2012-12-17 2:30 ` Dmitry Gutov
2012-12-17 23:46 ` Richard Stallman
2012-12-16 22:05 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-12-16 22:26 ` Drew Adams
2012-12-16 22:36 ` Drew Adams
2012-12-16 23:04 ` Juanma Barranquero
2012-12-17 0:04 ` Stephen Berman
2012-12-17 0:17 ` Bastien
2012-12-17 1:38 ` Drew Adams
2012-12-17 1:42 ` Drew Adams
2012-12-17 23:46 ` Richard Stallman
2012-12-18 9:35 ` Bastien
2012-12-18 18:30 ` Richard Stallman
2012-12-18 18:48 ` Bastien
2012-12-17 0:43 ` Juanma Barranquero
[not found] ` <mailman.15500.1355705095.855.bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2012-12-17 1:01 ` Burton Samograd
2012-12-17 2:11 ` Daniel Colascione
2012-12-17 23:46 ` Richard Stallman
2012-12-17 1:55 ` Dmitry Gutov
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