Re: GNU Emacs raison d'etre

[Richard Stallman]

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  > * Tell newcomers up front that Emacs really starts to be worth it
  > * after a few years, not a few weeks.

I don't believe that is true.  It is an exaggeration.

  > * Show them some of the abilities they will eventually have, so
  > * that they can see why it's worth it to make the investment.

That is useful.

  > * Also tell them about the ways in which Emacs may frustrate them
  > * along the way, and explain that those frustrations are common
  > * and are sometimes inevitably entangled with the same things that
  > * make Emacs winning in the long term.

This sounds like a recipe for discouraging people from starting.

    > I've watched newcomers run into the same obstacles over and
    > over, and this particular obstacle is always one of the first
    > they encounter.

Which obstacle is that?  If we can identify specific things that are
likely to frustrate users, we can work on improving them.  But I can't
see in your message what that refers to.

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Dr Richard Stallman
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