From: David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>
To: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: python.el changes in emacs-24
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2014 21:48:58 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87wqb3zwid.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: CAHa53uyU5kJxxEJQc55egepo9F6U5_GXmyK_9eCuYiV=Uk6nMQ@mail.gmail.com
Tim Visher <tim.visher@gmail.com> writes:
> On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 10:44 AM, Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> wrote:
>> On 07/23/2014 10:37 AM, Tim Visher wrote:
>>>>
>>>> We're not in the business of competing,
>>>
>>> What business are you in then?
>>
>>
>> Freedom for software users. Please see:
>>
>> http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-software-even-more-important.html
>
> So isn't the best way to get people to experience the freedom they
> could if they used Emacs is by convincing them via its transparent
> awesomeness? :)
I am not convinced of the awesomeness of the purportedly most
transparent U.S. administration in history. It's not really a roaring
success in the "experience the freedom" department.
At any rate, I am distrustful of any argument relying on the catchiness
of buzzphrases.
--
David Kastrup
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-07-23 19:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-07-21 6:07 python.el changes in emacs-24 Glenn Morris
2014-07-21 14:25 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-07-22 6:55 ` Andreas Röhler
2014-07-23 10:54 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-07-23 14:37 ` Tim Visher
2014-07-23 14:44 ` Paul Eggert
2014-07-23 19:31 ` Tim Visher
2014-07-23 19:48 ` David Kastrup [this message]
2014-07-24 0:26 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2014-07-24 3:15 ` David Kastrup
2014-07-24 7:18 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2014-07-24 8:04 ` David Kastrup
2014-07-24 15:49 ` Richard Stallman
2014-07-23 20:07 ` Tom
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2014-07-24 17:14 Barry OReilly
2014-07-25 8:23 ` Stephen Leake
2014-08-05 13:30 ` Tim Visher
2014-08-05 13:58 ` David Kastrup
2014-08-05 22:23 ` Richard Stallman
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