From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: roodwriter@ureach.com Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: How big is the "niche" of Emacs users? Date: 18 Oct 2007 15:11:47 -0400 Organization: Linux Private Site Message-ID: <87hckotez0.fsf@linux.site> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1192736437 6541 80.91.229.12 (18 Oct 2007 19:40:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 19:40:37 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Oct 18 21:40:38 2007 Return-path: <help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org> 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 1IibET-0005wg-Cl for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 18 Oct 2007 21:40:37 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IibEM-0007dO-3g for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 18 Oct 2007 15:40:30 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!hwmnpeer01.lga!news.highwinds-media.com!hw-filter.lga!newsfe06.lga.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 26 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: lbbolfnhgpdefcjibmchkldeaegjmkll Original-X-Trace: emlnjhpjaknjmmohlbdnpiohcfhaihogkpgncdeedombaemelbbolfnhgpdefcjiplbidanbeckfjbekhacfhpboaipceipngonhimcpkaogecclpijgdcehgbejmddgfelfojnjbfokking Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 12:12:35 MST Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:153034 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 <help-gnu-emacs.gnu.org> List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnu-emacs>, <mailto:help-gnu-emacs-request@gnu.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://lists.gnu.org/pipermail/help-gnu-emacs> List-Post: <mailto:help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> List-Help: <mailto:help-gnu-emacs-request@gnu.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnu-emacs>, <mailto:help-gnu-emacs-request@gnu.org?subject=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:48538 Archived-At: <http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help/48538> I can't imagine how you'd figure out usable numbers of users. Emacs is a free program as and such is copied and recopied from machine to machine. How hard would it be to download one copy and then put it on 5,000 machines? The server with the original copy would only count one download. I do remember that the owner of O'Reilly Publishing says his Vi book outsells the Emacs book two to one. But I also understand that he says that Emacs' built-in tutorial may affect those numbers. I'm the only one I know personally who uses Emacs, but I'm a writer, not a programmer. The only other person I know that used to use it is a nephew. But he works as a programmer and told me that peer-pressure forced him to go to Vi. Not much help. --Rod ______________________ Author of "Linux for Non-Geeks--Clear-eyed Answers for Practical Consumers" and "Boring Stories from Uncle Rod." To reply by e-mail take the second "o" out of the e-mail address.