From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Alan E. Davis" Subject: Re: Re: Sourceforge community award Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 22:37:16 +1000 Message-ID: <7bef1f890906130537k1c731f7bqf1dc3c913a94d411@mail.gmail.com> References: <4AA80F05-FECC-427D-BD20-E5AD3F273C1E@gmail.com> <87bpouo9v6.fsf@fastmail.fm> <87hbylgxao.fsf@kassiopeya.MSHEIMNETZ> <87ws7hfctz.fsf@kassiopeya.MSHEIMNETZ> <07CEB3FE-5639-4A9C-8BF6-E81C06941EED@gmail.com> <87ljnxfbiq.fsf@kassiopeya.MSHEIMNETZ> <877hzhxh2p.fsf@stats.ox.ac.uk> <889AD225-63F6-4209-B12A-073B86E21CAC@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============1791245662==" Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MFSUQ-0000aj-Uc for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 13 Jun 2009 08:37:42 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MFSUM-0000ZG-CF for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 13 Jun 2009 08:37:42 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=41208 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MFSUM-0000ZD-5n for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 13 Jun 2009 08:37:38 -0400 Received: from wf-out-1314.google.com ([209.85.200.170]:6127) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MFSUL-0001ip-Mj for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 13 Jun 2009 08:37:38 -0400 Received: by wf-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id 23so939197wfg.24 for ; Sat, 13 Jun 2009 05:37:36 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <889AD225-63F6-4209-B12A-073B86E21CAC@gmail.com> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Carsten Dominik Cc: Dan Davison , emacs-orgmode , Scot Becker --===============1791245662== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001636e911f7f9fef7046c3a1678 --001636e911f7f9fef7046c3a1678 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I feel compelled to add my 0.02$ to this discussion. I wrote the following down as answers to the two questions posed by the Sourceforge representative. I am not a developer, but a semi-knowledgable user. Org-mode has truly changed the way I do everything. The following points represent all of 5 minutes of effort. There is no way any answer to these questions can be compressed into 140 words, much less 140 characters. 1. Our project is:: a multifacted utility outliner/todo and agenda organizer/notetaking/supermacro publishing system, in a dynamic collaborative state of development that renders it simple and useful, while riding at the cutting edge of technology. 2. We should win because:: - attracts many people from various walks of life - the development model is responsive to the needs of users at all levels - OM is immediately intuitively useful, yet has such depth even old timers have not mastered many aspects - many users are captivated by the utilitarian nature of org-mode Perhaps all this is far off the mark. Alan Davis "Pollution is nothing but the resources we are not harvesting. We allow them to disperse because we've been ignorant of their value." --- Buckminster Fuller --001636e911f7f9fef7046c3a1678 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I feel compelled to add my 0.02$ to this discussion.=A0 I wrote the followi= ng down as answers to the two questions posed by the Sourceforge representa= tive.=A0=A0 I am not a developer, but a semi-knowledgable user.=A0

= Org-mode has truly changed the way I do everything.=A0 The following points= represent all of 5 minutes of effort.=A0 There is no way any answer to the= se questions can be compressed into 140 words, much less 140 characters.=A0=

=A0=A0 1. Our project is:: a multifacted utility outliner/todo and agen= da organizer/notetaking/supermacro publishing system, in a dynamic collabor= ative state of development that renders it simple and useful, while riding = at the cutting=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 edge of technology.
=A0=A0 2. We should win because::
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 - attracts many peopl= e from various walks of life
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 - the development model is = responsive to the needs of users at
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 all levels
= =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 - OM is immediately intuitively useful, yet has such depth = even
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 old timers have not mastered many aspects
=A0=A0= =A0=A0=A0 - many users are captivated by the utilitarian nature of org-mode=

Perhaps all this is far off the mark.=A0

Alan= Davis

"Pollution is nothing but the resources we are not harv= esting. We allow them to disperse because we've been ignorant of their = value."
=A0 --- Buckminster Fuller

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