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envelope-from=arthur.miller@live.com; helo=EUR02-AM5-obe.outbound.protection.outlook.com X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: First seen = 2020/05/02 17:46:18 X-ACL-Warn: Detected OS = Windows NT kernel [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 40.92.67.83 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:248589 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier writes: >>>> I don't know, but it >>>> seems like both Vi(m) & Emacs have got a revival lately. >>> That's true for FOSS editors in general, though. We didn't have so many good >>> options before. >> Indeed, seems as a general trend, we have never had so much FOSS >> software in general, not just editos, but everything, from AI research >> to Game Engines, 3D Editors, compilers, libraries, you name it. Seems >> like world has realized power of open source, which is great. > > Sadly, I believe this only applies to a particular subset of the uses > of computers. Maybe we could describe it as the subset that applies to > desktop computers. In the tablet/phone world, Free Software is > not nearly as prevalent (instead, in that sphere, the most prevalent is > freeware which is a name that mostly disappeared, replaced by the name > "free software"). > > > Stefan True. I did have desktop software in mind when I wrote that.