Re: Issues with emacs

[Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net>]

Tom <adatgyujto@gmail.com> writes:

> Bastien <bzg <at> gnu.org> writes:
>
>> 
>> The good news is that, whether Emacs users are a dying breed
>> or not, the only remedy to this hypothetical issue is to have
>> more Emacs developers.
>> 
>
> But how to have more developers. I see 3 possibilites:
>
> 1. Motivate more users to be volunteer developers? Any idea how
> to do that?
>
> 2. Attracting more users. Volunteer developers are some small
> percent of the active user base, so if Emacs can be mode more
> attractive to users then the bigger user base will bring more
> volunteer developers too. The problem is in order to be more
> attractive Emacs needs new features which other editors/IDEs have
> and which make users to choose those editors/IDEs instead of
> Emacs, and to implement those more competitive features Emacs
> needs more developers.
>
> 3. Crowdfunding. If we don't have enough volunteer developers
> then we need to motivate developers with something else. For
> example, paying for their work. For this model to work there
> should be some public exposure of this idea, so potential
> developers know they can potentially make a living while
> contributing to Emacs. This kind of public exposure could be done
> by RMS who could mention this development model in every
> interview he gives. He has the voice which can reach lots of
> ears, including potential developer ears.

4. Have a whole bunch of missing functionality.

-- 
Dan Espen