From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tim McNamara Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: How Many Emacs Users? Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2004 12:32:38 -0600 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1077389185 3389 80.91.224.253 (21 Feb 2004 18:46:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2004 18:46:25 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Feb 21 19:46:19 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1Auc8p-0000Cj-00 for ; Sat, 21 Feb 2004 19:46:19 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1Auc8Z-0006sK-Ev for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 21 Feb 2004 13:46:03 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!newspeer.monmouth.com!zeus.visi.com!news-out.visi.com!petbe.visi.com!news.octanews.net!gemini.bitstream.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help,alt.religion.emacs User-Agent: Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) Emacs/21.3.50 (darwin) Cancel-Lock: sha1:2Zo8HBrHzqVGKD0p7IOxnxYrYX4= Original-Lines: 19 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 1f6216f3.news.bitstream.net Original-X-Trace: 1077388360 gemini.bitstream.net 435 216.243.177.155 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@bitstream.net Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:121102 alt.religion.emacs:8492 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:17052 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:17052 David Kastrup writes: > Brad Collins writes: > >> I'm writing a investment proposal and it would be helpful to >> include the number of Emacs users (Xemacs etc) are out there. >> >> Are we talking in the tens, hundreds, a million or more? How would there be any way to know, unless GNU or FSF keep download statistics? And even that woul dnot be reliable, given that there are many precompiled binary distributions that GNU/FSF now nothing about. There's no sales receipts for Emacs... > Two, and I am one of them. Apart from that, talking about Emacs > being "usable" is an insult, much like calling your spouse "usable" > and trying to estimate her worth by the number of other suitors. WTF are you on about, David?