Re: emacs-w3m question

[Xah]

hi dork Giorgos Keramidas,

the mention of Mac and Windows, is to give a context for the
expression that tech geeking morons who never used 95% of the world's
computers yet insist on how emacs's UI should or should not be.

It is not, for example, about ur mom.

  Xah
∑ http://xahlee.org/

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On Nov 6, 7:50 pm, Giorgos Keramidas <keram...@ceid.upatras.gr> wrote:
> On Thu, 6 Nov 2008 17:22:33 -0800 (PST), Xah <xah...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >On Nov 6, 10:12 am, Giorgos Keramidas <keram...@ceid.upatras.gr> wrote:
> >>On Thu, 6 Nov 2008 06:31:02 -0800 (PST), Xah <xah...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> in the past year, i changed my newsgroup behavior so that i actually
> >>> try to reply to every message, then i came to realize thru
> >>> individualistic discussions, that they never used Windows, never used
> >>> Mac, which together are some 96% of world's computers emacs runs on,
> >>> but they insist that emacs UI should be this or that.
>
> >> 96% of statistics are made up.
>
> > by ur mom?
>
> I guess she has her own share of false statistics, like me, you and
> everyone else :)
>
> >> I don't think Emacs has so _many_ Windows users.
>
> > How many?
>
> It wasn't me who hinted at a 96% percentage of the world's computers, so
> asking _me_ to provide the number is a bit unrealistic.
>
> >> I know that a lot of people who use Emacs in other platforms like the
> >> Windows ports of Emacs too, but I highly doubt *all* the Windows
> >> users know about Emacs :)
>
> > on the whole, do u have a point?
>
> Yes.  Please don't use made up numbers to insult the people who designed
> the UI of Emacs.  Some of them have used Windows too.  For a long time.
> Long enough to get down and actually *port* Emacs on the platform.