From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Richard M. Stallman" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Release plans Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2008 06:40:26 -0400 Message-ID: References: <10697146.3630221218551689983.JavaMail.www@wwinf4615> <20080812171404.GB7999@muc.de> <20080813092057.GA3010@muc.de> <20080814083817.GA2593@muc.de> <20080815140413.GA4781@muc.de> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1218883424 26648 80.91.229.12 (16 Aug 2008 10:43:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2008 10:43:44 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Alan Mackenzie Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Aug 16 12:44:36 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 1KUJGr-0007pl-8x for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 16 Aug 2008 12:44:33 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:45930 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KUJFu-0000rU-K8 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 16 Aug 2008 06:43:34 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KUJE6-00087f-RJ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 16 Aug 2008 06:41:42 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KUJE6-000874-Bh for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 16 Aug 2008 06:41:42 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=42961 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KUJE6-00086y-5B for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 16 Aug 2008 06:41:42 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]:50598) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KUJE5-0008Bj-Uj for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 16 Aug 2008 06:41:42 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1KUJCs-0003eC-UU; Sat, 16 Aug 2008 06:40:26 -0400 In-reply-to: <20080815140413.GA4781@muc.de> (message from Alan Mackenzie on Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:04:13 +0000) 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:102524 Archived-At: The nearest I could get would be having my own PC alongside the office one, exchanging files by USB stick. How would this be any better, from a freedom point of view, than running the w32 versions of the software on the office PC? It would be MUCH better. The more you can do on GNU/Linux and reject Windows, the more of your life will be in freedom. Also, your doing this would inspire others to think about the issue, and that could open the door to further steps. This is exactly the sort of thing that can influence them to recognize that GNU/Linux is at least as secure as Windows, move to protocols supported by free software, and so on. You should do it!