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From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: Kai Grossjohann <kai.grossjohann@gmail.com>, help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: RE: Is Emacs very alive, active and improving?
Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2013 14:14:27 -0700 (PDT)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <57d37ab8-c1f7-4d87-b791-4177928fea8f@default> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <7557ed60-66e4-4ab2-9cd6-9b1b2d934ae1@googlegroups.com>

> > > > trust Emacs to be active and improving by 2018?
> >
> > > Emacs was written in 1985, so it will be 30 years old soon.  I
> > > think it can go on another 30 years :-)
> >
> > It's really more like 40 years that people have been using Emacs.
> > GNU Emacs will be 30 in two more years (soon, but not that soon).
> 
> Yes, yes.  Not good.  I was thinking of GNU Emacs but didn't say it.

No, no.  Good!  Your point was that Emacs has been around a long
time and will likely be around for a long time to come.  Thank you
for saying it, Kai.  What I wrote just nitpicked to add a few details.



  reply	other threads:[~2013-10-12 21:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 113+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
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2013-08-27  1:44 ` Is Emacs very alive, active and improving? Rustom Mody
2013-08-27 23:59 ` Emanuel Berg
2013-08-28  0:20   ` Marko Vojinovic
2013-08-28  1:56     ` Stefan Monnier
     [not found]     ` <mailman.880.1377655035.10748.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-08-28  1:59       ` Emanuel Berg
2013-08-28  0:35   ` Marc Weber
     [not found]   ` <mailman.874.1377650119.10748.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-08-28  1:08     ` Emanuel Berg
2013-08-28  3:25       ` Marc Weber
     [not found]       ` <mailman.883.1377660293.10748.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-08-28  4:08         ` Rustom Mody
2013-08-28 20:48           ` Emanuel Berg
2013-08-28 20:37         ` Emanuel Berg
2013-08-28  1:39   ` Jorge
2013-10-12 13:39 ` Kai Grossjohann
2013-10-12 15:30   ` Drew Adams
2013-10-12 20:39   ` Emanuel Berg
2013-10-12 20:57     ` Kai Grossjohann
2013-10-12 20:58     ` Emanuel Berg
     [not found]   ` <mailman.3883.1381591837.10748.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-10-12 21:01     ` Kai Grossjohann
2013-10-12 21:14       ` Drew Adams [this message]
2013-10-12 21:15       ` Emanuel Berg
2013-10-13 13:33         ` Kai Großjohann
     [not found]         ` <mailman.3924.1381671200.10748.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-10-13 15:25           ` Emanuel Berg
2013-08-26 22:43 Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto
2013-08-27  0:05 ` Perry Smith
2013-08-27  0:25   ` Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto
2013-08-27  9:07 ` Peter Dyballa
2013-08-27 23:52 ` Suvayu Ali
2013-08-28  3:03   ` Yagnesh Raghava Yakkala
2013-08-29  0:39     ` Suvayu Ali
2013-08-28 20:19 ` Ken Goldman
2013-08-29  0:25   ` Stefan Monnier
     [not found] ` <mailman.904.1377721211.10748.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-08-28 20:53   ` Emanuel Berg
2013-10-03 19:25     ` Ken Goldman
     [not found]     ` <mailman.3330.1380828355.10748.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-10-03 19:58       ` Emanuel Berg
2013-08-28 21:09 ` W. Greenhouse
     [not found] ` <mailman.907.1377724222.10748.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-08-28 21:55   ` Emanuel Berg
2013-08-29  2:04     ` Kevin Montuori
     [not found]     ` <mailman.935.1377741861.10748.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-08-29  2:55       ` Emanuel Berg
2013-08-29  3:06         ` Emanuel Berg
2013-08-29  7:59     ` W. Greenhouse
     [not found]     ` <mailman.943.1377763221.10748.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-08-29 20:53       ` Emanuel Berg
2013-08-29 21:05         ` Drew Adams
     [not found]         ` <mailman.992.1377810361.10748.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-08-29 21:24           ` Emanuel Berg
2013-08-29 23:37             ` Drew Adams
     [not found]             ` <mailman.996.1377819467.10748.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-08-30  0:25               ` Emanuel Berg
2013-08-29 22:47           ` Emanuel Berg
2013-08-30  6:09         ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-08-30  1:32     ` MBR
     [not found]     ` <mailman.999.1377826390.10748.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-08-30  2:26       ` Emanuel Berg
2013-08-30 11:58         ` Stefan Monnier
2013-08-30 12:21     ` Ludwig, Mark
2013-08-30 13:28       ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-08-29 23:50 ` Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto
     [not found] ` <mailman.997.1377820262.10748.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-08-30  0:28   ` Emanuel Berg
2013-08-30  1:23     ` Jorge
     [not found]     ` <mailman.998.1377825809.10748.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-08-30  2:22       ` Emanuel Berg
2013-08-30  6:31         ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-08-30 16:24         ` Jorge
2013-10-04 11:30 ` Luca Ferrari
2013-10-04 21:59   ` Jude DaShiell
2013-10-04 23:16     ` Bob Proulx
     [not found]     ` <mailman.3434.1380928592.10748.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-10-04 23:35       ` Emanuel Berg
2013-10-06 12:07         ` Rustom Mody
2013-10-06 21:50           ` Evans Winner
2013-10-09 19:41             ` Emanuel Berg
2013-10-10  4:27               ` Teemu Likonen
     [not found]               ` <mailman.3736.1381379296.10748.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-10-10  5:25                 ` Rustom Mody
2013-10-10  8:24                   ` Andreas Röhler
2013-10-10 22:18                     ` Bob Proulx
2013-10-11 10:39                       ` Andreas Röhler
2013-10-10 10:36                   ` Phillip Lord
2013-10-10 11:00                     ` Rainer M Krug
2013-10-10 15:16                       ` Peter Dyballa
2013-10-11 11:06                       ` Phillip Lord
2013-10-12 22:01                         ` Christopher Ritsen
2013-10-14 11:04                           ` Phillip Lord
2013-10-14 16:50                             ` Stefan Monnier
2013-10-14 19:25                             ` Christopher Ritsen
2013-10-15 11:30                               ` Phillip Lord
     [not found]                               ` <mailman.4032.1381836640.10748.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-10-15 17:56                                 ` Emanuel Berg
     [not found]                             ` <mailman.3989.1381778782.10748.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-10-14 21:54                               ` Emanuel Berg
2013-10-15  6:27                                 ` Bob Proulx
     [not found]                                 ` <mailman.4022.1381818464.10748.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-10-15 17:50                                   ` Emanuel Berg
2013-10-16  4:56                                     ` Rustom Mody
2013-10-17  1:45                                       ` Emanuel Berg
     [not found]                         ` <mailman.3906.1381619521.10748.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-10-13  2:36                           ` Rustom Mody
2013-10-10 13:04                   ` Carson Chittom
     [not found]                   ` <mailman.3784.1381425760.10748.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-10-10 20:44                     ` Emanuel Berg
     [not found]                   ` <mailman.3742.1381393368.10748.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-10-10 20:57                     ` Emanuel Berg
2013-10-11 10:56                       ` Andreas Röhler
2013-10-11 19:06                         ` Bob Proulx
2013-10-12  7:48                           ` Andreas Röhler
     [not found]                           ` <mailman.3875.1381563966.10748.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-10-12 20:24                             ` Emanuel Berg
2013-10-10 23:54                   ` Emanuel Berg
2013-10-11  0:05                     ` Emanuel Berg
2013-10-11  5:58                       ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
     [not found]                       ` <mailman.3818.1381470912.10748.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-10-11 17:20                         ` Emanuel Berg
2013-10-09 19:31           ` Emanuel Berg
2013-10-10  2:28             ` Rustom Mody
2013-10-09 21:30         ` Tom Davey
     [not found]         ` <mailman.3718.1381354235.10748.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-10-09 21:51           ` Emanuel Berg
2013-10-10 16:24         ` henry atting
2013-10-11  5:19         ` Eric Abrahamsen
     [not found] ` <mailman.3391.1380886224.10748.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-10-04 17:45   ` Emanuel Berg
2013-10-04 19:28     ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
     [not found]     ` <mailman.3429.1380914709.10748.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-10-04 20:18       ` Emanuel Berg
2013-10-08 11:36     ` Rustom Mody
2013-10-09 19:43       ` Emanuel Berg
     [not found] ` <mailman.815.1377561963.10748.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-10-13 14:47   ` Eric Brown
2013-10-13 15:08     ` Emanuel Berg
2013-10-13 17:52       ` Eric Brown
2013-10-13 18:13     ` Alex Schroeder
2013-10-13 19:23       ` Emanuel Berg

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