From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Icon designer wanted (Aquamacs Emacs) Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2006 01:39:53 +0100 Organization: Organization?!? Message-ID: <85wthftsme.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> References: <54321A2A-3F36-4416-B473-49AC11FF057F@gmail.com> <853bk5gwa8.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <792D87C1-B9A9-495E-9335-7139845D1CB0@gmail.com> <85fyo4zvei.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <87sls47lvd.fsf@vh213602.truman.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1136421978 23350 80.91.229.2 (5 Jan 2006 00:46:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2006 00:46:18 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jan 05 01:46:14 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EuJGW-0002Du-0J for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 05 Jan 2006 01:46:04 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EuJID-0007x7-E3 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 04 Jan 2006 19:47:49 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!news2.google.com!proxad.net!newsfeed.stueberl.de!newsfeed.cw.net!cw.net!news-FFM2.ecrc.de!noris.net!newsfeed.arcor.de!news.arcor.de!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help X-Face: 2FEFf>]>q>2iw=B6, xrUubRI>pR&Ml9=ao@P@i)L:\urd*t9M~y1^:+Y]'C0~{mAl`oQuAl \!3KEIp?*w`|bL5qr,H)LFO6Q=qx~iH4DN; i"; /yuIsqbLLCh/!U#X[S~(5eZ41to5f%E@'ELIi$t^ Vc\LWP@J5p^rst0+('>Er0=^1{]M9!p?&:\z]|;&=NP3AhB!B_bi^]Pfkw User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:fYpGSPpnrcgydLPlyBmtdEf6EGQ= Original-Lines: 29 Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: 05 Jan 2006 01:39:51 MET Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 18118af5.newsread2.arcor-online.net Original-X-Trace: DXC=4AEW7C0HAfmhlIa[YhA; >cQ5U85hF6f; djW\KbG]kaMh1BZS; MmC65f[U77Vg5V0glQ1Yo0:e7@Pkc[Wn>\JAZH`Ec?`[F:Wf@lkZR[9YU1dLe Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet-abuse@arcor.de Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:136813 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:32432 Archived-At: Tim McNamara writes: > If proponents of free software ever expect to have their products in > the mainstream and not just the province of geeks, then they had > better Why should I be bothered about the mainstream? Why should I applaud moves that focus improving software only on non-free systems? There is absolutely nothing for me in that. I have nothing to gain from my software being useful only to mainstream users of proprietary systems, and so I certainly not at all "had better" do anything in order to have people working on stuff that is of no benefit for me. > learn the value of good customer service, and of good interface > design and human useability. If you want to place demands on software developers, you better offer some recompensation. Other than that, you get what they are in the mood to deliver. > And we might as well treat each other with civility rather than > disdain as a good way to develop that attitude. Feel free to do so. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum