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Subject: Re: MS-DOS emacs??
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Date: Thu, 9-Oct-86 12:24:00 EDT
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/* Written 10:06 am  Oct  7, 1986 by gary@darth.UUCP in mirror:net.emacs */
In article <1137@mhuxt.UUCP> pingguo@mhuxt.UUCP (52211-PRATT, RANDALL) writes:
>For those strictly interested in EMACS, there's the one from Unipress.
>It's expensive (I'm not sure, but I think the going rate is about $500)
>and very slow on the PC.  I found it barely acceptable on an AT.  On the
>other hand, it is a complete Stallman EMACS implementation.
>Gary.
>usenet:	{allegra, bellcore, cadre}!pitt!darth!gary
>phone:	(412) 363-4685

HOO BOY!  Can't let this one pass -- it's too likely to be a source of
confusion!

Both Unipress and GNU started from the same point -- James Gosling's
emacs -- but have widely diverged.

When you say "complete Stallman EMACS" you're probably referring to the
original, Stallman's TWENEX (DECsystem-20) emacs written in TECO.  In
this sense, yes, Unipress is 'complete' in that it has all the major
features that the original does.  HOWEVER, Stallman is currently most
known for GNU emacs, and it would be a mistake if people thought
Unipress was selling something they aren't.

In fact, I am fairly sure that (for reasons of personal integrity),
neither GNU nor Unipress has looked at the other's code.

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