From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Michael Ekstrand Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Release plans Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 08:42:04 -0500 Message-ID: <87fxpas637.fsf@jehiel.elehack.net> References: <21576055.881601218543663926.JavaMail.www@wwinf4605> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1218549643 10220 80.91.229.12 (12 Aug 2008 14:00:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:00:43 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Aug 12 16:01:34 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 1KSuR9-0004Gq-5x for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:01:23 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:52530 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KSuQD-0007YA-2w for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:00:25 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KSuQ7-0007Ub-8Y for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:00:19 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KSuQ6-0007Sa-Fy for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:00:18 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=32942 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KSuQ6-0007SM-3t for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:00:18 -0400 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:42391 helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KSuQ5-0000yI-TK for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:00:18 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1KSuQ2-0004PU-3P for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:00:14 +0000 Original-Received: from elehack.net ([216.243.177.100]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:00:14 +0000 Original-Received: from michael by elehack.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:00:14 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 49 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: elehack.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:GRwUHaUEYsoTIM9AAdm6wxUCJ24= 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:102331 Archived-At: --=-=-= Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable A Soare writes: >> Windows hardly matters anymore. >>=20 >> Windows is not growing much in functionality... >>=20 >> Windows is important as a problem as long as it is non-free and >> considerable numbers of people keep using it. It is clear that when >> you say it "hardly matters" you are thinking of some other criterion. > > I have never known in all my life a person using windows that thought > to use emacs. All persons that I knew and wanted to (learn lisp)/(use > emacs) used linux or MAC OSX. > > So a considerable number of peuple use Windows, but (almost) never > Emacs in Windows. I suspect that differs considerably depending on the field you're in and surveying. At a U.S. university, I do see Emacs on Windows. One of my professors used it for demonstrating things from his laptop in lecture. Other professors use Emacs, and use Windows for some things (frequently their laptops run Windows). I'm not sure how much use they make of Emacs on Windows (I haven't witnessed it), but they are users of both Windows and Emacs. Whoever used my lab laptop before I got my hands on it also had Emacs installed on Windows. =2D Michael =2D-=20 mouse, n: A device for pointing at the xterm in which you want to type. Confused by the strange files? I cryptographically sign my messages. For more information see . --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkihky0ACgkQJMBfXHjb5YUfEgCbBxLXDAWWLUSvnCLsel99mFBx A9QAoJv+A20wqkTCnWedCsl29h5BfpmU =iru/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--