Why is emacs on my mac?

Why is emacs on my mac?

[Whitfield Palmer]

Hi,

I've recently noticed tons of files on my computer and I've linked them to
your company? What are you and how did they get there?

Thanks,
Whit Palmer

Re: Why is emacs on my mac?

[Jai Dayal]

I can't tell if this is a troll job or a legitimate question...


On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 11:14 AM, Whitfield Palmer <
whitfield.palmer@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I've recently noticed tons of files on my computer and I've linked them to
> your company? What are you and how did they get there?
>
> Thanks,
> Whit Palmer
>

Re: Why is emacs on my mac?

[Jai Dayal]

It's common for operating systems to ship with programs that help the user
use the machine. Mac OSX is Unix, and for its set of programs, it has
chosen to use a combination of existing GNU software (such as the text
editor Emacs), some stuff from BSD, and its own programs that it developed
in house.

Windows does the same thing (i.e., cmd.exe, powershell, notepad, etc),
except it doesn't use anything from GNU or BSD since it's not Linux or
Unix.

Jai


On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 4:59 PM, Whitfield Palmer <
whitfield.palmer@gmail.com> wrote:

> Not a troll job at all.
>
>
> On 14 May 2014 16:51, Jai Dayal <dayalsoap@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I can't tell if this is a troll job or a legitimate question...
>>
>>
>> On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 11:14 AM, Whitfield Palmer <
>> whitfield.palmer@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I've recently noticed tons of files on my computer and I've linked them
>>> to
>>> your company? What are you and how did they get there?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Whit Palmer
>>>
>>
>>
>

Re: Why is emacs on my mac?

[Rusi]

On Thursday, May 15, 2014 2:21:19 AM UTC+5:30, Jai Dayal wrote:
> 
> 
> On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 11:14 AM, Whitfield Palmer wrote
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've recently noticed tons of files on my computer and I've linked them to
> > your company? What are you and how did they get there?

> I can't tell if this is a troll job or a legitimate question... 

Good to know that the dummies and idiots are not the sole constituency of a
famous Redmond company...

Re: Why is emacs on my mac?

[Jai Dayal]

 He's just new to the environment. Let's not scare people off by sounding
too harsh :)


On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 10:22 PM, Rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thursday, May 15, 2014 2:21:19 AM UTC+5:30, Jai Dayal wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 11:14 AM, Whitfield Palmer wrote
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I've recently noticed tons of files on my computer and I've linked
> them to
> > > your company? What are you and how did they get there?
>
> > I can't tell if this is a troll job or a legitimate question...
>
> Good to know that the dummies and idiots are not the sole constituency of a
> famous Redmond company...
>

Re: Why is emacs on my mac?

[notbob]

On 2014-05-14, Whitfield Palmer <whitfield.palmer@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've recently noticed tons of files on my computer and I've linked them to
> your company? What are you and how did they get there?

Yer lucky day!  ;)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emacs

nb

Re: Why is emacs on my mac?

[Neff]

Whitfield Palmer <whitfield.palmer@gmail.com> writes:

> I've recently noticed tons of files on my computer and I've linked them to
> your company? What are you and how did they get there?

Bad news friend.  I can't talk for long, they're onto me too... Whatever
you do don't delete the files!! Their deletion triggers a small
explosive in your system.

Meet me at the following coordinates in two days: -82.86275189999999
-135

Assume you are being watched and followed.

Godspeed.

-- 
Neff

Re: Why is emacs on my mac?

[Hans BKK]

There are many who theorize that the best text editors remain so hard to learn for "ordinary users" specifically to prevent them clogging up the community's bandwidth with stuff like this.