From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Thomas Lord Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Release plans Date: Mon, 01 Sep 2008 11:25:27 -0700 Message-ID: <48BC3397.7000209@emf.net> References: <48A740CB.4050404@emf.net> <20080816213508.GA8530@muc.de> <87hc9ka8eg.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <20080817073124.GA1294@muc.de> <87ljyv5gy5.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <20080818101802.GA2615@muc.de> <87bpzqqk7b.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <20080818210927.GD2615@muc.de> <87wsidnxqp.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <87ljytkwpk.fsf@rattlesnake.com> <878wusz0v9.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <87vdxp27z6.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <87prnxe5hc.fsf@rattlesnake.com> <873aktck5d.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <87k5e5dsvq.fsf@rattlesnake.com> <48B44802.1080302@emf.net> <87ej4atczj.fsf@gmail.com> <48B78A75.8080103@emf.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1220290509 4170 80.91.229.12 (1 Sep 2008 17:35:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2008 17:35:09 +0000 (UTC) Cc: bob@rattlesnake.com, paul.r.ml@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Sep 01 19:36:03 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KaDJO-0005Db-H1 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:35:34 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:38323 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KaDIP-0001eg-L6 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 01 Sep 2008 13:34:33 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KaDIL-0001eP-JR for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 01 Sep 2008 13:34:29 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KaDIJ-0001e8-JU for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 01 Sep 2008 13:34:28 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=54857 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KaDIJ-0001e5-Ed for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 01 Sep 2008 13:34:27 -0400 Original-Received: from mail.42inc.com ([205.149.0.25]:51339) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (SSL 3.0:RSA_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA1:24) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KaDIF-0006gk-CC; Mon, 01 Sep 2008 13:34:23 -0400 X-TFF-CGPSA-Version: 1.5 X-TFF-CGPSA-Filter-42inc: Scanned X-42-Virus-Scanned: by 42 Antivirus -- Found to be clean. Original-Received: from [69.236.75.128] (account lord@emf.net HELO [192.168.1.64]) by mail.42inc.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0.13) with ESMTPA id 38069859; Mon, 01 Sep 2008 10:34:10 -0700 User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.5 (X11/20060808) In-Reply-To: X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:103375 Archived-At: Richard M. Stallman wrote: > The declaration of intent to refuse (aka "ban") helps give > XRefractory a business plan (because the same ban makes life harder > for less speculatively funded competitors like CEDET). > > That's just speculation, and I don't find it convincing. > Is that a pun? I mean, if my comments are speculation they are speculation about how people speculate... The general principle I've expressed rests on pretty uncontroversial assumptions: feature bans help protect a barrier to entry for anyone who manages to work around them; barriers to entry are one of the key things that venture funders and similar investors look for in software firms. -t > > >