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From: mack@inco.UUCP (Dave Mack)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo,comp.windows.misc
Subject: Re: DM vs. Emacs
Message-ID: <242@inco.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 26-Jun-87 08:58:02 EDT
Article-I.D.: inco.242
Posted: Fri Jun 26 08:58:02 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 27-Jun-87 09:39:10 EDT
References: <8706222144.AA03493@hi-csc.uucp> <1850@vdsvax.steinmetz.UUCP> <481@quacky.UUCP>
Organization: McDonnell Douglas-INCO, McLean, VA
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Summary: Why Emacs is better than Apollo's DM
Xref: mnetor comp.sys.apollo:249 comp.windows.misc:40

In article <481@quacky.UUCP>, dce@mips.UUCP (David Elliott) writes:
> >In article <8706222144.AA03493@hi-csc.uucp> slocum@hi-csc.UUCP (Brett Slocum) writes:
> > [stuff about why DM is better than Emacs]
> [stuff about why Emacs is better than DM: binding different keys in
> differnet windows, etc.]
> David Elliott		{decvax,ucbvax,ihnp4}!decwrl!mips!dce

Mr. Elliott missed an important point. The *real* reason(s) that Emacs
is better than DM:

1) You don't need an Apollo to run it.

2) It's free. (Sort of.)

If DM source code can be UUCP'd from someplace and ported to a Sun, I
might be willing to reconsider.

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