From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tim McNamara Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Icon designer wanted (Aquamacs Emacs) Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2006 15:01:37 -0600 Organization: ipHouse - Welcome Home! Message-ID: References: <54321A2A-3F36-4416-B473-49AC11FF057F@gmail.com> <853bk5gwa8.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <792D87C1-B9A9-495E-9335-7139845D1CB0@gmail.com> <85fyo4zvei.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <87sls47lvd.fsf@vh213602.truman.edu> <85wthftsme.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <854q4ip5vd.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1136581407 18519 80.91.229.2 (6 Jan 2006 21:03:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2006 21:03:27 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jan 06 22:03:26 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EuykA-0004cL-8J for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 06 Jan 2006 22:03:26 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Euylx-0004ci-9G for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 06 Jan 2006 16:05:17 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!news.glorb.com!green.octanews.net!news-out.octanews.net!news-2.mpls.iphouse.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (darwin) Cancel-Lock: sha1:vTApl/I4HZRWAZGH8j9h918SgHY= Original-Lines: 28 Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: 06 Jan 2006 15:01:37 CST Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: cec63c64.newsreader.iphouse.net Original-X-Trace: DXC=NKEHeMJ?D; F\]7feji_9oFVn\Tj8`^BbKeHS>e[L>83@72?T>l2>U:Km:@8]TdIggEf@e7N90MVdMWiVOZk3EBcJ Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@iphouse.net Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:136887 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org 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:32506 Archived-At: David Kastrup writes: > Tim McNamara writes: > >> "Luis O. Silva" writes: >> >>> On Thu, 05 Jan 2006 00:59:49 -0600, Tim McNamara writes: >>> >>> TM> I've yet to find a GNU/Linux or BSD system that is as good >>> TM> to use as OS X. >>> >>> It's not a matter of how well something works. The only way to go >>> is that of freedom. >> >> How well software works is a central issue in getting people to use >> it. > > It is a secondary consideration for free software. The primary > motivator is freedom. If it weren't, free software would not exist, > since the beginnings of free software were almost necessarily > technically inferior to proprietary offerings. Free software owes > its existence to its freedoms, not its usefulness. If you sacrifice > the freedom for the sake of usefulness, you'll lose both in the end. And vice-versa, David. I am baffled that you seem to be unable to see that. Free useless software is simply irrelevant and contributes nothing. Free difficult-to-use software risks being irrelevant and contributing little.