> It requires investment, in many cases it is worse than competition and requires more energy to just be on par.
One way to think of it is any tool requires some investment. The big difference with Emacs is it has always been around and always will be around, so you are continuously building upon that investment. Contrast that more modern tools. The learning curve is nowhere near as severe to start out, yet one is far less likely to learn how to use it so the same depth in the long term since it is far less likely to exist for the long term.
One way to think of it is any tool requires some investment. The big difference with Emacs is it has always been around and always will be around, so you are continuously building upon that investment. Contrast that more modern tools. The learning curve is nowhere near as severe to start out, yet one is far less likely to learn how to use it so the same depth in the long term since it is far less likely to exist for the long term.