Re: How to make Emacs popular again.

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2020 17:39:29 +0300
> From: Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support>
> Cc: rms@gnu.org, philipk@posteo.net, eduardoochs@gmail.com,
>   spacibba@aol.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org, dgutov@yandex.ru,
>   jamtlu@gmail.com
> 
> As long as dict database of Wiktionary exists, as I think, by the
> license, it should exist, so I have asked the webmaster to tell me
> about that.
> 
> If the database does not exist, server can go down any time, and users
> will be left in rain.
> 
> Relying on a server is not good, it is always better that local
> dictionaries can be installed, it is cost efficient for a university,
> school or any network to rely on their own computers, and not remote
> computers.

I don't think this is the issue that bothers Richard.