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Re: Emacs's popularity (was: Distributed Maintenance for Emacs)
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Lennart Borgman |
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Re: Emacs's popularity (was: Distributed Maintenance for Emacs) |
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Mon, 15 Dec 2008 23:07:31 +0100 |
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.
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