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In 2010, Tomohiro Matsuyama, +captured this concept crisply: + +"The reason why Emacs platform is good is that it cooperates with OS, +not because it is good by itself." + +Building on this idea, Blee (ByStar Libre-Halaal Emacs Environment) can be seen +as yet another Emacs re-distribution, akin to Doom Emacs or Spacemacs. However, +Blee is distinct. While Doom Emacs is multi-platform oriented, Blee is paired +exclusively with Debian — and on mobile, with Termux-Android. While Doom Emacs +is Emacs-centric, Blee is digital ecosystem-centric. + +To further elucidate Blee, let’s break down the subtitle of this presentation: + +"Towards an Integrated Emacs Environment for Enveloping Our Own +Autonomy Directed Digital Ecosystem." + +- **"Towards":** Blee is an ever-evolving, organic, and ongoing project — just + like Emacs itself. + +- **"Enveloping":** Blee is designed to fully integrate and encapsulate usage of + an entire digital ecosystem. + +- **"Our Own Autonomy-Directed Digital Ecosystem":** In contrast to the + proprietary American ecosystems of Google, Microsoft, Meta, Apple, and Amazon, + Blee is part of *the Libre-Halaal ByStar Digital Ecosystem*. ByStar is ours. + +By\* challenges the existing proprietary American digital ecosystem while +operating concurrently alongside it. ByStar's primary offerings are tangible +autonomy and genuine privacy on a very large scale. ByStar represents a moral +inversion of the proprietary American internet services model. By\* is about +redecentralization of internet application services. + +Some might dismiss ByStar as an ambitious, utopian vision. In response, I’ve +authored a book titled: + +Nature of Polyexistentials: +Basis for Abolishment of the Western Intellectual Property Rights Regime +And Introduction of the Libre-Halaal ByStar Digital Ecosystem + +- On Line US Edition: <https://github.com/bxplpc/120033> +- On Line International Edition: <https://github.com/bxplpc/120074> +- DOI: <https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8003846> +- US Edition Book Prints At Amazon: > +- International Edition Book Prints in Iran: <https://jangal.com/fa/product/252689/nature-of-polyexistentials> + +Blee and Emacs are integral parts of ByStar. + +Analysis of digital ecosystems is inherently interdisciplinary, and so is my +book. But, in this presenation, I won't be delving much into the philosophical, +ethical, moral, societal, and social dimensions of the book. This presentation, +focuses on the technical aspects of ByStar and Blee, specifically through the +lens of Emacs users and developers. + +Blee’s approach to integration differs from traditional Emacs culture in three +key ways: + +1. Avoiding the "Curse of Lisp": While Emacs culture emphasizes doing + everything in Lisp, Blee consciously avoids this pitfall. + +2. Cultivation of Best-of-Breeds: Emacs folklore tends to follow a laissez + faire approach, but Blee is disciplined around cultivation of selected best + of breeds. + +3. Digital Ecosystem Orientation: Unlike traditional Emacs, which is + component-focused, Blee is designed in the context of the entirety of our + own digital ecosystem. + +In ByStar, much of the integration occurs outside of Emacs, through a framework +called BISOS (By\* Internet Services OS). BISOS builds on Debian to provide a +unified platform for developing both internet services and software-service +continuums. BISOS and Blee are intertwined. + +Now, in 2024, I am advancing Matsuyama concept with specificity: + +"The reason why Emacs platform is good is that it facilitates creation of + integrated usage environments like Blee, which cooperate with Debian, BISOS + and ByStar." + +An early version of BISOS and Blee is available for public use and +experimentation. To get started with BISOS, Blee, and ByStar, visit +<https://github.com/bxgenesis/start>. From a virgin Debian 12 installation +("Fresh-Debian"), you can bootstrap BISOS and Blee in one step by running the +raw-bisos.sh script. It produces "Raw-BISOS" which includes "Raw-Blee". You +can then customize Raw-Blee to create different parts and aspects of your own +ByStar DE. + +I welcome your thoughts and feedback, especially if you experiment with Blee, +BISOS, ByStar, and the model and the concept of Libre-Halaal Polyexistentials. + +About the speaker: + +Mohsen Banan is a software and internet engineer. +In this talk he describes how he has leveraged +Emacs as an integration platform to create a +comprehensive integrated usage environment. In his +recent book "Nature of Polyexistentials", he +introduces the Libre-Halaal ByStar Digital +Ecosystem. Both in the book and this talk, he +outlines a blueprint and presents initial +implementations for BISOS (By\* Internet Services +OS) and Blee (ByStar Libre Emacs Environment). +Central to his presentation is the positioning of +Emacs, as the core of Blee. + + + +[[!inline pages="internal(2024/info/blee-after)" raw="yes"]] + +[[!inline pages="internal(2024/info/blee-nav)" raw="yes"]] + + |