Re: Making Emacs more friendly to newcomers

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 00:04:13 -0700
> From: Ahmed Khanzada <address@hidden>
> Cc: Po Lu <address@hidden>,
>  Sébastien Gendre <address@hidden>,
>  조성빈 <address@hidden>,
>  Emacs developers <address@hidden>
> 
> Let's say tomorrow Emacs is like VS Code running Emacs Lisp in a Guile
> VM. Is the idea that if we compete in the same modes as the modernist
> editors, we can steal enough people from them that we will advance the
> cause of free software?

More users generally means more contributors, more future developers,
and better Emacs.  And yes, it advances the cause of Free Software,
like any other free package that attracts users.