Re: EmacsW32 invocation options

[Juanma Barranquero]

On 5/5/07, David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org> wrote:

> No, he forbids changes that would give Windows an advantage beneath
> Emacs over GNU/Linux or other free systems.
>
> "I would not be using Windows if it were not for Emacs" is no outcome
> he is interested in.  I can follow him on that.

He didn't want a patch to make Emacs act as a COM server. It's hard to
think that many people would say "I would not be using Windows if it
were not for Emacs being a COM server".

> I also find it disconcerting if programmers enjoying the benefits of
> free software don't bother helping anybody else reaping the benefits
> of benefitting from their adaptations.  It always has been one goal of
> free software to be available to as many people as possible, and the
> "I cater for myself, let everybody else cater for themselves" stance
> is not particularly helpful when 90% of potential users are actually
> using non-free systems.

Sorry, you lost me here. I don't see how this applies to the
discussion. Could you please elaborate?

            Juanma