From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Frank Schmitt Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Release plans Date: Sat, 02 Aug 2008 09:20:22 +0200 Organization: Hamme net, kren mer och nimmi Message-ID: References: <570553.73339.qm@web95014.mail.in2.yahoo.com> <20080731093022.GB2886@muc.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1217684074 10120 80.91.229.12 (2 Aug 2008 13:34:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2008 13:34:34 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Aug 02 15:35:24 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 1KPHGV-0000bu-5L for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 02 Aug 2008 15:35:23 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:37888 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KPHFa-0001zf-CK for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 02 Aug 2008 09:34:26 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KPBQf-000673-2k for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 02 Aug 2008 03:21:29 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KPBQb-00063N-BU for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 02 Aug 2008 03:21:28 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=44252 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KPBQb-00063C-7J for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 02 Aug 2008 03:21:25 -0400 Original-Received: from mx20.gnu.org ([199.232.41.8]:62102) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KPBQW-0000VF-FJ; Sat, 02 Aug 2008 03:21:20 -0400 Original-Received: from deliver.uni-koblenz.de ([141.26.64.15]) by mx20.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KPBQV-000684-Ii; Sat, 02 Aug 2008 03:21:19 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by deliver.uni-koblenz.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id B7D22789A0E9; Sat, 2 Aug 2008 09:21:12 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from deliver.uni-koblenz.de ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (deliver.uni-koblenz.de [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 05143-09; Sat, 2 Aug 2008 09:21:10 +0200 (CEST) X-CHKRCPT: Envelopesender vrfy ich@frank-schmitt.net Original-Received: from glasgow.frank-schmitt.net (p5B248874.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [91.36.136.116]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by deliver.uni-koblenz.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id CAC58789A0E6; Sat, 2 Aug 2008 09:21:09 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from glasgow.frank-schmitt.net.Frank-Schmitt.net (glasgow.frank-schmitt.net [127.0.0.1]) by glasgow.frank-schmitt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2140C96FC9; Sat, 2 Aug 2008 09:20:23 +0200 (CEST) X-Face: :EL9TzGRN){7|oE2~xQ8Q(VjpjsXgX$~gi&rYD5J5p)$w\Thdl~v:7h`/n)J!8nXT%_+Wj6}@EHM8}QbA(9nX-wrQ:ch1%DauV[?kFasXUcnL#+"K8zOx&$@/M'/}, q-eztaJra1|?C+p$h\2XnK-HB"8_U (Richard M. Stallman's message of "Sat\, 02 Aug 2008 01\:12\:12 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1 (gnu/linux) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at uni-koblenz.de X-detected-kernel: by mx20.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sat, 02 Aug 2008 09:34:22 -0400 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:101953 Archived-At: Richard M Stallman writes: > Emacs (more precisely Gnus) was the first contact I made with free > software. I started using it not because it was free, but because it was > the most powerful newsreader I could find. Now I run a GNU/Linux based > free environment on my home PC, on my PC at work and I installed Linux > on the PCs of my mom (she never ever used proprietary software in her > whole life!) and my wife. > > I am glad that Emacs can have this effect. > Did you first run it on Windows? Yes, I did. -- Have you ever considered how much text can fit in eighty columns? Given that a signature typically contains up to four lines of text, this space allows you to attach a tremendous amount of valuable information to your messages. Seize the opportunity and don't waste your signature on bullshit that nobody cares about.