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Re: Links to javascript-based websites from orgmode.org: Paypal and Gith


From: Timothy
Subject: Re: Links to javascript-based websites from orgmode.org: Paypal and Github
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2022 20:58:02 +0800
User-agent: mu4e 1.6.10; emacs 28.0.91

Hi Max,

>>>> I guess we shall remove references to non-free software (like the
>>>> Sublime Text editor - I will do this later on.)

> Frankly speaking, I never considered mention of sublime text in such context 
> as
> endorsing it. Even though such linking might cause transition in both 
> direction,
> I thought it was targeting mostly current sublime users. I believed that:
> - It makes first step toward using Org easier since such possibility becomes
>  discoverable through search engines.
> - It reduces friction in heterogeneous teams when an Emacs user proposes to 
> use
>   Org markup. Later demonstrating features of real Org Mode may become a
>  convincing argument to try GNU Emacs.

My 2c: I think being overly zealous with this is a bad idea. We need to meet
people where they are, not where we want them to be.

All the best,
Timothy

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