From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Johannes Weiner Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Emacs vista build failures Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:42:58 +0200 Message-ID: <87abg8o5st.fsf@saeurebad.de> References: <36366a980807101702r5677d096g8e62ef5b3e278868@mail.gmail.com> <4eb0089f0807121340x5e26f6dbve03ef50b238f3a3a@mail.gmail.com> <87k5fph5rh.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <20080713214648.GB1076@muc.de> <20080714195651.GF3445@muc.de> <487C5FA3.4070603@emf.net> <87zloggji9.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <878wvxxkn6.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <87ej5oz4pb.fsf@saeurebad.de> <87vdyzxype.fsf@saeurebad.de> <871w1njq32.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <87iquzxgtk.fsf@saeurebad.de> <4884CFEF.8040404@gmail.com> <48861A51.1090401@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1216835035 3844 80.91.229.12 (23 Jul 2008 17:43:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:43:55 +0000 (UTC) Cc: lord@emf.net, drobinow@gmail.com, "Lennart Borgman \(gmail\)" , emacs-devel@gnu.org, acm@muc.de, miles@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jul 23 19:44:41 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KLiOA-0003CP-Jf for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:44:34 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:34597 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KLiNH-0001Yo-20 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:43:39 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KLiNC-0001XR-VZ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:43:35 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KLiNC-0001WJ-1K for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:43:34 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=38345 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KLiNB-0001WB-UR for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:43:33 -0400 Original-Received: from saeurebad.de ([85.214.36.134]:33299) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KLiN3-0006cj-SZ; Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:43:26 -0400 Original-Received: by saeurebad.de (Postfix, from userid 107) id 8A7792F0048; Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:43:23 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (83-221-69-159.dynamic.primacom.net [83.221.69.159]) by saeurebad.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E8DC2F0006; Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:43:23 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: (Richard M. Stallman's message of "Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:56:12 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-Bogosity: Ham, tests=bogofilter, spamicity=0.000000, version=1.1.3 X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:101320 Archived-At: Hi, Richard M Stallman writes: > IF making free programs working on > windows helps promote GNU/Linux (or Herd) is not that good? > > Yes, but we can't assume in general that that is the case. For a few > programs, such as OpenOffice and Firefox, the fact that they run on > Windows seems to be a signficant aid to migration to GNU/Linux. Are they really? I wonder how many users would have migrated if they'd still have to use Internet Explorer :-) Hannes