From: Peter Davis <pfd@pfdstudio.com>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: BeOrg
Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2018 17:17:32 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1514931452.4092041.1222235240.37A13EBE@webmail.messagingengine.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87373om1p9.fsf@nicolasgoaziou.fr>
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On Tue, Jan 2, 2018, at 3:43 PM, Nicolas Goaziou wrote:
>
> I think you are missing the point. Free software is primarily about
> source code (the four definitions).
I’m not well versed in the theories and arguments for or against free or
open source software. However, based on my 40 years of experience as a
software developer and UI designer, I would say ALL software, free or
otherwise, is about usability and usefulness. Otherwise, there’s no
reason for that software to exist.
If we refuse to provide useful information just because it violates some
purist idea of what is or is not acceptably unencumbered, then we’re
just denying users potential helpful capabilities that may make the
difference between using org-mode or abandoning it completely in favor
of some commercial, cross-platform solution.
--
Peter Davis
www.techcurmudgeon.com
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-01-02 22:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-01-02 17:32 BeOrg Ilya Shlyakhter
2018-01-02 17:39 ` BeOrg Eric S Fraga
2018-01-02 17:52 ` BeOrg ilya shlyakhter
2018-01-02 19:20 ` BeOrg Nicolas Goaziou
2018-01-02 19:48 ` BeOrg Ilya Shlyakhter
2018-01-02 20:43 ` BeOrg Nicolas Goaziou
2018-01-02 22:17 ` Peter Davis [this message]
2018-01-03 0:30 ` BeOrg Thomas S. Dye
2018-01-03 2:06 ` BeOrg Ian Dunn
2018-01-03 2:43 ` BeOrg Ilya Shlyakhter
2018-01-03 5:00 ` BeOrg Scott Randby
2018-01-03 20:00 ` BeOrg Adonay Felipe Nogueira
2018-01-03 8:26 ` BeOrg Tim Cross
2018-01-03 19:58 ` BeOrg Adonay Felipe Nogueira
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2018-01-05 2:08 BeOrg edgar
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