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Re: Variant spellings in GNU Emacs documentation
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Sam Steingold |
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Re: Variant spellings in GNU Emacs documentation |
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Tue, 20 Jan 2004 09:07:47 -0500 |
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> * Barry Margolin <onezne@nyhz.zvg.rqh> [2004-01-20 07:39:34 +0000]:
>
> In article <mailman.969.1074573915.928.bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>,
> Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> wrote:
>
>> Personally, I don't think it's very funny humour. When one calls
>> MS-DOS "MS-DOG" or MS-Windows "windoze", one is holding in
>> contempt not only the sleazy marketing types at Microsoft, but
>> also the programmers who wrote these systems.
Yep, and also their users.
Got a problem with that?
>> They are all working on non-free software. And making lots of money
>> for it. I don't feel much compassion for them.
>
> You have contempt for people because they have jobs doing what they like?
so? to take it to extreme, what if death camp guards liked their jobs?
> I don't really have much problem with people using these derogatory
> nicknames in Usenet postings and similar media; this is an informal
> environment, and it's common to throw opinions and biases around in
> conversation. But putting them in published software documentation
> just makes us all seem unprofessional and juvenile, and hurts the
> whole free and open software movement.
I agree with you completely, every word!
All these "official renaming campaigns" sound like "green grapes".
yuk.
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- Re: Variant spellings in GNU Emacs documentation, (continued)
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- Re: Variant spellings in GNU Emacs documentation, Alan Mackenzie, 2004/01/19
- Re: Variant spellings in GNU Emacs documentation, Richard Stallman, 2004/01/19
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- Re: Variant spellings in GNU Emacs documentation, Barry Margolin, 2004/01/20
- Re: Variant spellings in GNU Emacs documentation, Eli Zaretskii, 2004/01/20
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- Re: Variant spellings in GNU Emacs documentation, David Kastrup, 2004/01/20
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- Re: Variant spellings in GNU Emacs documentation, Barry Margolin, 2004/01/20