From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: User Subject: Re: Results of the SourceForge Community Award Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:19:37 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <87prbqmjro.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MUORB-00044D-O4 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:20:05 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MUOR6-00043m-Mq for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:20:04 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=58940 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MUOR6-00043j-Kb for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:20:00 -0400 Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:40780 helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MUOR5-0002TB-PQ for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:20:00 -0400 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1MUOQv-00012m-6j for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:19:49 +0000 Received: from dsl51B61298.pool.t-online.hu ([81.182.18.152]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:19:49 +0000 Received: from spamfilteraccount by dsl51B61298.pool.t-online.hu with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:19:49 +0000 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: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Bastien googlemail.com> writes: > > Org-mode didn't win but it was really great to participate and to have > all these nice contributions from so many people! No wonder it didn't win. Non-emacs users have few incentive to try it, since they think emacs is bad looking and primitve in general, so they are looking for something more flashy instead and do not even try it. On the other hand org-mode needs some marketing in the emacs community as well. I'm a longtime emacs user and heard about org mode before, but I thought it was something overly complex and looked for simpler solutions. Then I tried it one day and was blown away by how mature it was and how well written the documentation was. So it's a natural fit for an emacs user, but obviously alien for people how don't use emacs and don't know the Emacs Way of doing things.