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Re: Windows emacs-25.1 i686 vs x86_64?


From: Óscar Fuentes
Subject: Re: Windows emacs-25.1 i686 vs x86_64?
Date: Sun, 06 Nov 2016 18:01:47 +0100
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.0.50 (gnu/linux)

Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:

>> >> Besides, at this point it borders on technical malpractice to suggest
>> >> to users that it's OK to use Windows 9x to run Emacs.
>> >
>> > How can this be a malpractice, technical or otherwise?
>> 
>> Windows 9X is a virus magnet and reservoir.
>
> Which has nothing to do with Emacs, even if it's true.

As long as Emacs officially supports Windows 9x, it is implicitly
endorsing it. Because the basis of the GNU project is political and
moral, it is important that we send the correct messages to our users.




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