Re: Emacs learning curve

[Tom]

Stephen J. Turnbull <turnbull <at> sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> writes:
> 
> My point is that it's not a question of determination.  It's that
> users who think in terms of "alien" and "bother" won't convert to
> Emacs hackers anyway, whether or not they are competent programmers.
> They focus on other goals, and if Emacs were natural and effortless
> for them, they would simply forget it, not invest the saved effort in
> improving it.
> 
> Sure, there are reasons to support those users.  "They will become
> Emacs hackers" simply isn't one of them.

I disagree. A small percent of new users always turns into hackers and the 
more users you can attract the more hackers you can get.

It's not about effortlessness, only making the road a bit easier to walk.