Re: A wish, a plea

[Richard Stallman]

    How about if Emacs left the splash screen as the active buffer if there
    were no files listed on the command-line, until the user deliberately
    switches buffers (either with C-x C-f to edit a new file, or C-x b to
    *scratch*)

Would that really change anything?  People could still insert text
into that buffer.  Why would this not be an opportunity for the same
problem that occurs occasionally with *scratch*?