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From: mercer@ncrcce.StPaul.NCR.COM (Dan Mercer)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: UNIX needs a real text editor
Message-ID: <1057@ncrcce.StPaul.NCR.COM>
Date: 10 Mar 89 17:29:21 GMT
References: <222@imspw6.UUCP> <9653@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> <5552@brspyr1.BRS.Com>
Reply-To: mercer@ncrcce.StPaul.NCR.COM (Dan Mercer)
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In article <5552@brspyr1.BRS.Com> miket@brspyr1.BRS.Com (Mike Trout) writes:
:In article <9653@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU>, jik@athena.mit.edu (Jonathan I. Kamens) writes:
:
:> Must we get into the flame wars about different Unix(TM) text editors
:> again?  I {\em really} don't think we're going to get any more out of
:> it this time than we have at any time in the past.  I think they
:> keyword when it comes to editors is "tolerance" -- you like your
:> editor, other people like theirs, and it should stay that way.
:
:Well, that's true; everybody has a right to their own opinions and tastes, BUT:
:
:You can use vi all you want, and it may work just fine for you.  Fine; that's
:your business.  But you should be aware that while you are putt-putting along
:in your Sopwith Pup, most of the rest of us have climbed into P-38 Lightnings.
:You may be very comfortable with the Pup, but the real world has left you
:behind.  The Pup may serve you very well the rest of your days, but God help
:you if you ever find yourself in serious financial competition with somebody 
:who uses up-to-date text editors.  
:
:In the 1970s, vi was the greatest thing since hot fudge sundaes.  But check
:your calendars.  The world moves on, and "it should stay that way" is an
:attitude that blows away with the wind every decade or so.  I'm sure that this
:was the same argument used when transistors began to replace vacuum tubes: 
:"I like tubes, I'm comfortable with them, and I'm going to continue to use 
:them.  It should stay that way."  Guess what happened to all those vacuum tube
:freaks?
:
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Dan Mercer
Reply-To: mercer@ncrcce.StPaul.NCR.COM (Dan Mercer)