From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Barry Margolin Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: Re: Variant spellings in GNU Emacs documentation Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 07:39:34 GMT Organization: Looking for work Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1074584469 4243 80.91.224.253 (20 Jan 2004 07:41:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 07:41:09 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jan 20 08:41:01 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 1AiqVQ-0003TN-00 for ; Tue, 20 Jan 2004 08:41:01 +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 1AiqUn-0005nc-Ce for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 20 Jan 2004 02:40:21 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1AiqUk-0005lb-EA for bug-gnu-emacs@prep.ai.mit.edu; Tue, 20 Jan 2004 02:40:18 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1AiqUE-0005FM-Lj for bug-gnu-emacs@prep.ai.mit.edu; Tue, 20 Jan 2004 02:40:17 -0500 Original-Received: from [132.239.1.56] (helo=mailbox4.ucsd.edu) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.24) id 1AiqUE-0005Ea-5P for bug-gnu-emacs@prep.ai.mit.edu; Tue, 20 Jan 2004 02:39:46 -0500 Original-Received: from sccrmhc11.comcast.net (sccrmhc11.comcast.net [204.127.202.55]) by mailbox4.ucsd.edu (8.12.10/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i0K7da9g096133 for ; Mon, 19 Jan 2004 23:39:40 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from ops.asp.att.net (rwcrnsc53.ops.asp.att.net[135.173.99.207](misconfigured sender)) by comcast.net (sccrmhc11) with ESMTP id <2004012007393501100lvkake>; Tue, 20 Jan 2004 07:39:35 +0000 Original-Received: by ops.asp.att.net (8.8.8+Sun/SMI-SVR4) id HAA19556; Tue, 20 Jan 2004 07:39:34 GMT Original-To: gnu-emacs-bug@moderators.isc.org Original-Path: not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.bug Mail-Copies-To: nobody User-Agent: MT-NewsWatcher/3.1 (PPC) X-Copies-To: never Original-Lines: 24 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.34.109.233 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@comcast.net Original-X-Trace: attbi_s53 1074584374 24.34.109.233 (Tue, 20 Jan 2004 07:39:34 GMT) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 07:39:34 GMT X-Spamscanner: mailbox4.ucsd.edu (v1.4 Oct 30 2003 22:20:52, 0.0/5.0 2.60) X-MailScanner: PASSED (v1.2.8 77349 i0K7da9g096133 mailbox4.ucsd.edu) 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:6653 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.bugs:6653 In article , Richard Stallman wrote: > 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. You have contempt for people because they have jobs doing what they like? I don't really have much problem with people using these derogatory nicknames in Usenet postings and similar media; this is an informal environment, and it's common to throw opinions and biases around in conversation. But putting them in published software documentation just makes us all seem unprofessional and juvenile, and hurts the whole free and open software movement. -- Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu Arlington, MA *** PLEASE post questions in newsgroups, not directly to me ***