> Many users don't consider Open Source to be a selling point. I am one of them. I choose my tools based on their usefulness, not the political status of their

> Many users don't consider Open Source to be a selling point. I am one of them. I choose my tools based on their usefulness, not the political status of their code… I prefer tools that I can repair myself. Being able to zip directly to the source of any Emacs lisp function is heavenly when learning about things or when debugging something that isn't working. Having lived in that environment for years now, it's not something that I take lightly any more. A new editor has no real chance with me unless I can poke and prod it at will.