From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Bastien Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: How big is the "niche" of Emacs users? Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 14:36:20 +0100 Message-ID: <87k5pji5uz.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> References: <87bqawo1pa.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> <87r6jsdxzk.fsf@kamaloka.dhatu> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1192797415 7630 80.91.229.12 (19 Oct 2007 12:36:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 12:36:55 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Oct 19 14:36:56 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 1Iir5w-0004qG-14 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 19 Oct 2007 14:36:52 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Iir5o-0001O3-Gu for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 19 Oct 2007 08:36:44 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Iir5T-0001Kc-Ek for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Oct 2007 08:36:23 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Iir5R-0001Fw-82 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Oct 2007 08:36:22 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Iir5R-0001FV-3E for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Oct 2007 08:36:21 -0400 Original-Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com ([64.233.182.184]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Iir5Q-0002qC-Hh for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Oct 2007 08:36:20 -0400 Original-Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id f5so443312nfh for ; Fri, 19 Oct 2007 05:36:19 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:received:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:references:user-agent:date:message-id:mime-version:content-type:sender; bh=JBxcUl+SWUv6U5mLYxtUJlO/9OC9WB5xtAdalyl2pAo=; b=lFBpwPQwMLZBWvzsECOZt0RTsw+P6Fk9GbPpCdL9hFyLFsdxUS2SKywkCOViABsfAervbzMs60AmJ/kGZ5AFB99Q+EUnKxusRnyMyms2Qhef77TLWFH/74rh6JQxf2m994xrdxlhVu6CQDFXZ8JxLiRsLR1UP9NEkx116uIzhUs= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=beta; h=received:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:references:user-agent:date:message-id:mime-version:content-type:sender; b=hhgGVjqLrA81HG2uEONz1XC6a4a5b93NpsHH2siKvGL/ZNq0PR56SB6e6yphe886qy3gznZ+00Lk4jjGr/8kIeD0jzJxiYrdaG1tWAF/KSPFUCZebmbKYcYGFGj+VKsYfunm4ccoqhfHFHg1I5KJ8apJlFDdPCAk4B0723ESel4= Original-Received: by 10.82.190.2 with SMTP id n2mr3193485buf.1192797379129; Fri, 19 Oct 2007 05:36:19 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from bzg.ath.cx ( [195.167.200.121]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id g1sm4643062muf.2007.10.19.05.36.16 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Fri, 19 Oct 2007 05:36:17 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by bzg.ath.cx (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 57204158ABF; Fri, 19 Oct 2007 14:36:20 +0100 (BST) In-Reply-To: <87r6jsdxzk.fsf@kamaloka.dhatu> (Sven Bretfeld's message of "Thu, 18 Oct 2007 21:27:43 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110007 (No Gnus v0.7) Emacs/23.0.0 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) 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:48556 Archived-At: Sven Bretfeld writes: >> Then I started to figure out how large is this "niche". > > I don't know how large it is. But we had an interesting thread some 10 > months ago. It was named "How old are Emacs users" or something like > that. Many people answered and told us how they came to use Emacs and > for what purposes. It doesn't seem a small nice to me after this > thread. It must still be in the archive. Thanks, I'll check this. -- Bastien