Re: Emacs vista build failures

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Richard M Stallman <address@hidden>
> CC: address@hidden
> Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 21:24:16 -0400
> 
>     > I see no reason to think such an effect exists.  Meanwhile, people
>     > have told me that the fact that Emacs runs on Windows undercut their
>     > ability to insist on running GNU/Linux at work.
>     > 
>     > Without some sort of demonstration I decline to believe that this
>     > helps us.
> 
>     Why do you believe the former claims more than you believe the latter?
> 
> Because those people were telling me about what had happened to them
> personally.  So far nobody has reported seeing that supporting Emacs
> on Windows helps us; it is just speculation.

Someone already posted an opposite experience.  And I've heard similar
evidence from quite a few others.