Re: What the next machine will be like after iMac.

[Arjan Bos]

Dan Anderson wrote:
> ::snip::
>
> > The next machines will be Lisp machines with Emacs operating system
> > running on them.
>
> <tongue in cheek>
>
>         You're way behind the times and need to upgrade.  ;-P  I've been using
> Emacs as an OS for years and never once looked back.  Read mail, search
> files, browse the web, whatever I need to do I can do in Emacs.  I never
> understood the argument about Microsoft being a monopoly because they
> bundle so much software.  In Emacs OS I can word process, surf the web,
> read mail, read news, program, compile, run said programs, and find
> fulfillment.  Plus I can customize just about anything I want in LISP. 
> All hail the one true editor!

So the whole FSF movement and all its GNU tools are created just to make 
the Emacs OS? Interesting direction of thought!

Arjan

> </tongue in cheek>

ps. I really should try to replace Mozilla for Gnus as off-line news 
reader ;-)
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