From: "Lennart Borgman" <lennart.borgman@gmail.com>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: Jonathan Groll <lists@groll.co.za>,
help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org, Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi>
Subject: Re: Emacs's popularity (was: Distributed Maintenance for Emacs)
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 23:07:31 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <e01d8a50812151407m7e895567q418681b6c22b31d6@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <00aa01c95f00$fc27b830$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com>
On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 11:03 PM, Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> wrote:
> Hm. Dunno why that should make one sad. I would never use vi or vim (unless I
> had to), but I don't see why I should be sad or bothered if other people find it
> useful. One person likes to live in the forest; another prefers the city; a
> third the shore.
>
> Why the need to make Emacs the most popular? It's good to make Emacs better, but
> what's the popularity contest about? Perhaps Americans on average listen to
> Britney Spears more than Mozart or Muddy Waters. So what?
>
> On the other hand, info about the relative use of different Emacs versions is
> (mildly) interesting and might be helpful in some ways.
It might also be worthwhile thinking about why vi clones are more
popular than Emacs.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-12-15 22:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 65+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-12-02 2:53 is there summary of template systems for emacs? Xah Lee
2008-12-02 4:28 ` Xah Lee
2008-12-03 0:34 ` Drew Adams
2008-12-07 19:14 ` Peter Milliken
[not found] ` <mailman.2168.1228677280.26697.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-12-14 21:37 ` Xah Lee
2008-12-15 18:24 ` Distributed Maintenance for Emacs (was: is there summary of template systems for emacs?) Leo
2008-12-15 18:45 ` Distributed Maintenance for Emacs Paul R
2008-12-15 18:48 ` is there summary of template systems for emacs? Peter Milliken
2008-12-15 20:21 ` Peter Milliken
2008-12-15 19:46 ` Drew Adams
[not found] ` <mailman.2806.1229365513.26697.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-12-15 19:31 ` Emacs's popularity (was: Distributed Maintenance for Emacs) Teemu Likonen
2008-12-15 20:42 ` Peter Milliken
2008-12-15 21:09 ` Jonathan Groll
2008-12-15 21:37 ` Emacs's popularity Teemu Likonen
2008-12-15 21:41 ` Lennart Borgman
[not found] ` <mailman.2823.1229377291.26697.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-12-15 22:28 ` Richard Riley
2008-12-15 22:59 ` Lennart Borgman
[not found] ` <mailman.2834.1229381955.26697.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-12-15 23:40 ` Richard Riley
2008-12-16 0:53 ` Lennart Borgman
[not found] ` <mailman.2836.1229388824.26697.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-12-16 1:01 ` Richard Riley
2008-12-16 8:37 ` Lennart Borgman
[not found] ` <mailman.2845.1229416641.26697.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-12-16 10:41 ` Richard Riley
2008-12-16 2:37 ` Charles philip Chan
2008-12-16 10:09 ` Tim X
2008-12-16 11:20 ` Richard Riley
[not found] ` <mailman.2843.1229395204.26697.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-12-16 10:17 ` Tim X
2008-12-16 11:34 ` Phil Carmody
2008-12-16 11:58 ` Juanma Barranquero
[not found] ` <mailman.2853.1229428708.26697.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-12-16 12:36 ` Phil Carmody
2008-12-16 12:52 ` Juanma Barranquero
[not found] ` <mailman.2855.1229431948.26697.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-12-16 13:03 ` Phil Carmody
2008-12-16 14:07 ` Juanma Barranquero
[not found] ` <mailman.2858.1229436444.26697.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-12-16 15:09 ` Phil Carmody
2008-12-16 15:50 ` Richard Riley
2008-12-16 17:43 ` Andrea Vettorello
2008-12-16 16:05 ` Juanma Barranquero
2008-12-16 16:21 ` Paul R
[not found] ` <mailman.2867.1229443519.26697.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-12-16 17:15 ` Richard Riley
2008-12-17 1:35 ` Phil Carmody
2008-12-16 16:56 ` Andreas Politz
2008-12-17 1:34 ` Phil Carmody
2008-12-17 7:43 ` Tim X
2008-12-17 14:17 ` B Smith-Mannschott
2008-12-15 23:55 ` Óscar Fuentes
[not found] ` <mailman.2835.1229385349.26697.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-12-16 10:21 ` Tim X
2008-12-16 12:35 ` William Case
2008-12-15 22:03 ` Emacs's popularity (was: Distributed Maintenance for Emacs) Drew Adams
2008-12-15 22:07 ` Lennart Borgman [this message]
2008-12-15 22:19 ` Drew Adams
2008-12-15 22:22 ` Lennart Borgman
[not found] ` <mailman.2830.1229379766.26697.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-12-16 10:33 ` Emacs's popularity Tim X
2008-12-16 13:18 ` Emacs's popularity (was: Distributed Maintenance for Emacs) Jonathan Groll
2008-12-16 17:46 ` Drew Adams
2008-12-19 2:10 ` Sean Sieger
2008-12-18 16:30 ` David L
2008-12-18 17:50 ` Drew Adams
2008-12-19 16:53 ` David L
2008-12-19 17:20 ` Drew Adams
2008-12-19 2:37 ` Sean Sieger
[not found] ` <mailman.2825.1229378627.26697.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-12-16 10:22 ` Tim X
2008-12-16 11:56 ` Richard Riley
2008-12-16 18:29 ` Drew Adams
2008-12-15 22:49 ` Emacs's popularity Teemu Likonen
2008-12-16 2:10 ` Giorgos Keramidas
2008-12-15 21:28 ` Distributed Maintenance for Emacs (was: is there summary of template systems for emacs?) Richard Riley
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