From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: Re: Variant spellings in GNU Emacs documentation Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 23:42:31 -0500 Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1074573939 21694 80.91.224.253 (20 Jan 2004 04:45:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 04:45:39 +0000 (UTC) Cc: gnu-emacs-bug@prep.ai.mit.edu Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jan 20 05:45:32 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1Ainlb-0005ni-00 for ; Tue, 20 Jan 2004 05:45:32 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AinlO-0005mu-0s for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 19 Jan 2004 23:45:18 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1Ainl9-0005fB-44 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 19 Jan 2004 23:45:03 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1AinkY-0005GK-E4 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 19 Jan 2004 23:44:57 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AinkY-0005GC-6o for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 19 Jan 2004 23:44:26 -0500 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.24) id 1Ainih-0004Gq-Pd; Mon, 19 Jan 2004 23:42:31 -0500 Original-To: Alan Mackenzie In-reply-to: (message from Alan Mackenzie on 19 Jan 2004 13:07:09 +0100) X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:6650 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.bugs:6650 Personally, I don't think it's very funny humour. When one calls MS-DOS "MS-DOG" or MS-Windows "windoze", one is holding in contempt not only the sleazy marketing types at Microsoft, but also the programmers who wrote these systems. They are all working on non-free software. And making lots of money for it. I don't feel much compassion for them. I am speculating here, but I would think these programmers suffer a good deal more from MS's business practices than mere users. If they feel really bad, they could quit.