Re: Emacs terminology (not again!?) [was: Apologia for bzr]

[Richard Stallman]

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Emacs is never going to be as easy to learn as simple
editors, because ease of learning is not its priority.
The priority is effective editing for people willing to learn.
We won't sacrifice that goal for ease of learning.

However, when we can make Emacs easier to learn
at the cost of only _development work_, with no sacrifice in
the principal goal, why not do it?

-- 
Dr Richard Stallman
President, Free Software Foundation
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Boston MA 02110
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Skype: No way! That's nonfree (freedom-denying) software.
  Use Ekiga or an ordinary phone call.