Galen Boyer wrote:
> On Fri, 15 Jun 2001, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > The combination of simple download and customizable layout will
> > probably bring in a lot of new users who are intimidated by the
> > install and/or emacs non-MS look.
>
> Is it the JDE or Emacs that intimidates people?
My experience, when I tell other developers that I use emacs and the
jde, has been to the effect of "that's command line tool huh?". This
is obviously an ignorant statement but this, and other comments
(especially since I started using ecb) have led me to believe that sex
sells IDEs. While you and I know that the ECB is more than a pretty face
for the JDE, it also makes it more attractive. In the end I imagine
there are pluses and minuses to having JDE be more popular among
developers, but I would expect the plusses to outweigh the minuses.
> I would say one
> cannot use the JDE until one understands how to use Emacs or any
> other package for that matter,
This may be the biggest hurdle for new users of JDE. OTOH, I could see
a successful app like JDE bringing emacs into the mainstream.
Mark
