From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Gian Uberto Lauri Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: How old are Emacs users? Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 12:51:18 +0200 Message-ID: <20070425125118.7khtwrocxnyqsswk@webmail.eng.it> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; DelSp="Yes"; format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1177498297 9007 80.91.229.12 (25 Apr 2007 10:51:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 10:51:37 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Apr 25 12:51:36 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Hgf5z-0001lL-F8 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 25 Apr 2007 12:51:35 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HgfBb-0000qr-7O for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 25 Apr 2007 06:57:23 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HgfBO-0000ql-Df for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Apr 2007 06:57:10 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HgfBM-0000qW-3B for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Apr 2007 06:57:09 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HgfBL-0000qT-Sj for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Apr 2007 06:57:07 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp.eng.it ([62.101.90.18] helo=mail.eng.it) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Hgf5j-0007Cz-BU for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Apr 2007 06:51:19 -0400 Original-Received: from mail.eng.it (dioscuri-posta-gb [192.168.99.21]) by deliver.antivirus (Postfix) with SMTP id 378CB18012 for ; Wed, 25 Apr 2007 12:51:18 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from webmail.eng.it (polluce-gb [192.168.99.18]) by mail.eng.it (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3005518011 for ; Wed, 25 Apr 2007 12:51:18 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from 217-133-20-189.b2b.tiscali.it (217-133-20-189.b2b.tiscali.it [217.133.20.189]) by webmail.eng.it (Horde MIME library) with HTTP; Wed, 25 Apr 2007 12:51:18 +0200 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) In-Reply-To: Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) H3 (4.1.3) X-Originating-IP: 62.101.90.3 X-PMX-Version: 5.3.0.289146 X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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:43167 Archived-At: Quoting Piet van Oostrum : > I am 61. Have been using Emacs for about 20 years. I can't remember the > exact number of years. I still remember that in the early days I got the > Emacs distributions with UUCP through a 1200 bps modem (or was it 300?) > across the ocean. Scheduled during nightly hours to make use of `cheap' > telephone rates. The transfer took about 5 hours. This must have cost the > university quite some money. *Bows respectfully* I will print this (via ps-print-buffer) and post in my cubicle -- /\ ___ /___/\_|_|\_|__|___Gian Uberto Lauri_____ //--\| | \| | Integralista GNUslamico \/ e coltivatore diretto di Software