From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tom Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Kickstarter for Emacs Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 14:57:39 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <87wr5dfm9v.fsf@gnu.org> <87398118ys.fsf@thinkpad.tsdh.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1334761116 21506 80.91.229.3 (18 Apr 2012 14:58:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 14:58:36 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Apr 18 16:58:32 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1SKWKx-00078E-M5 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:58:27 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:45384 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SKWKw-0003n2-Sf for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 18 Apr 2012 10:58:26 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:45964) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SKWKj-0003j6-Sk for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Apr 2012 10:58:25 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SKWKd-0001EP-Og for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Apr 2012 10:58:13 -0400 Original-Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:40991) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SKWKd-0001EH-HM for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Apr 2012 10:58:07 -0400 Original-Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1SKWKY-0006kd-I1 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:58:02 +0200 Original-Received: from 78-131-103-213.pool.hdsnet.hu ([78.131.103.213]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:58:02 +0200 Original-Received: from adatgyujto by 78-131-103-213.pool.hdsnet.hu with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:58:02 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 16 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: sea.gmane.org User-Agent: Loom/3.14 (http://gmane.org/) X-Loom-IP: 78.131.103.213 (Opera/9.80 (Windows NT 6.1; U; en) Presto/2.10.229 Version/11.62) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 80.91.229.3 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:149764 Archived-At: Nikodemus Siivola random-state.net> writes: > > Having run one reasonably successful crowdfunding campaign myself > (still working on it, actually), let me say this to those who are > contemplating trying it out: > Thanks for this detailed analysis. It will hopefully motivate some people to try this with emacs. People are willing to pay if they care about the goal. Maybe we should find out somehow what the features are which Emacs users most want to see implemented. Features which are long overdue and unlikely to get implemented without some kind of funding.