From: Katsumi Yamaoka <yamaoka@jpl.org>
Subject: Re: Gnus vs Wanderlust
Date: Wed, 02 Jun 2004 08:41:14 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <b9y3c5eyhgl.fsf@jpl.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87zn7mvrcl.fsf@tc-1-100.kawasaki.gol.ne.jp>
>>>>> In <87zn7mvrcl.fsf@tc-1-100.kawasaki.gol.ne.jp>
>>>>> Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org> wrote:
> I've always thought this was a very silly argument. I also find that I
> have slightly different preferences for mail and news, but the amount of
> _shared_ behavior is _huge_. It seems bizarre to say "Oh just implement
> a completely new system!" instead of just fixing the problems with Gnus.
> Not only is the amount of duplicated work enormous, but it's a burden
> for the _user_ to have to learn and configure two separate systems,
> especially once they start to explore more advanced features.
That's right. Using softwares other than Gnus is a burden to me.
However, their work of art sometimes gives me a strong inspiration.
Conversely, they also study Gnus eagerly and have taken the good
features to Wanderlust. I'm maintaining VM and Wanderlust so that
they can always be used in my system. :)
--
Katsumi Yamaoka <yamaoka@jpl.org>
;; VM stands for View Mail but WL doesn't stand for vieW maiL.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-06-01 23:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-05-31 10:22 Miguel
2004-05-31 23:03 ` Katsumi Yamaoka
2004-06-01 12:41 ` Lloyd Zusman
2004-06-01 14:40 ` Katsumi Yamaoka
2004-06-01 22:47 ` Lloyd Zusman
2004-06-02 12:33 ` David Abrahams
2004-06-01 15:58 ` colin.rafferty
2004-06-01 22:35 ` Miles Bader
2004-06-01 23:41 ` Katsumi Yamaoka [this message]
2004-06-02 0:13 ` Miles Bader
2004-06-02 15:26 ` colin.rafferty
[not found] ` <vgvwu2q2d6m.wl-CC0PidyB7H7SDKTOTjYG+/RivMblJc010E9HWUfgJXw@public.gmane.org>
2004-06-02 17:21 ` Jochen Küpper
2004-06-03 16:39 ` Kai Grossjohann
2004-06-03 19:28 ` colin.rafferty
[not found] ` <vgvwu2o1lwc.wl@paias746.morganstanley.com>
2004-06-04 5:16 ` Kai Grossjohann
2004-06-03 23:26 ` Miles Bader
2004-06-03 23:39 ` Lloyd Zusman
2004-06-04 0:05 ` Jesper Harder
2004-06-04 0:16 ` Miles Bader
2004-06-04 9:41 ` Simon Josefsson
2004-06-04 16:43 ` Karl Chen
2004-06-04 19:24 ` Kai Grossjohann
2004-06-05 10:40 ` Miles Bader
2004-06-05 15:14 ` Simon Josefsson
2004-06-06 18:35 ` Karl Chen
2004-06-06 20:31 ` Simon Josefsson
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