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Article #26529Re: EMACS, GNU, other goodies
From: Bill Wisner
Date: Sat, 25 Apr 1987 16:51
Date: Sat, 25 Apr 1987 16:51
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>Article <4524@utah-cs.UUCP>: sandra@utah-cs.UUCP (Sandra J Loosemore)
>>Article <6906@bu-cs.BU.EDU>: tower@bu-cs.BU.EDU (Leonard H. Tower Jr.)
>>>Article <2404@ncoast.UUCP>: billw@wolf.UUCP (Bill Wisner, that's me)
>>> What is GNU? How does the recently posted GNU EMACS fit in? (....)
I confess, I asked a very dumb question. I didn't think first and was half
asleep. My apologies. I left out a word.
>> These questions can be answered by asking the address: (....)
My question is still unanswered, though, and it is "what is GNU?" Thank you,
Leonard, for the address.
> (Doesn't anybody ever read the README file?)
Yes.
> The "recently posted GNU EMACS" in question is actually MicroGnuEmacs (MG),
> which is *not* GNU and has no official relationship to Richard Stallman
> or the Free Software Foundation. *Please*, don't bother these folks with
> questions on something that had nothing to do with! The correct address
> for comments and questions about MG is mg-support@ucbvax.berkeley.edu.
The comments in the README file STILL weren't the clearest, especially for
someone who doesn't know "what's a GNU?"
--
Bill Wisner
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!seismo!gatech!hubcap!ncrcae!ncr-sd!hp-sdd!ucsdhub!jack!dsi480!man!wolf!billw From: billw@wolf.UUCP (Bill Wisner) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: EMACS, GNU, other goodies Message-ID: <314@wolf.UUCP> Date: Sat, 25-Apr-87 12:51:51 EDT Article-I.D.: wolf.314 Posted: Sat Apr 25 12:51:51 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 29-Apr-87 05:10:18 EDT References: <2404@ncoast.UUCP> <6906@bu-cs.BU.EDU> <4524@utah-cs.UUCP> Organization: The Erisian Liberation Front Lines: 28 Summary: Not the clearest.