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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!usenet.coe.montana.edu!nate From: nate@cs.montana.edu (Nate Williams) Subject: Re: elvis bug Message-ID: <1993May3.203033.3965@coe.montana.edu> Sender: usenet@coe.montana.edu (USENET News System) Organization: CS References: <1rr14f$t31@Germany.EU.net> <1993May1.204154.3399@coe.montana.edu> <hwr.736422092@snert.ka.sub.org> <C6Gt9F.17u2@austin.ibm.com> Date: Mon, 3 May 1993 20:30:33 GMT Lines: 23 In article <C6Gt9F.17u2@austin.ibm.com> guyd@austin.ibm.com (Guy Dawson) writes: >In article <hwr.736422092@snert.ka.sub.org>, hwr@snert.ka.sub.org (Heiko W.Rupp) writes: >> nate@cs.montana.edu (Nate Williams) writes: >> >>Why not just use 'vi'? the REAL vi.. im sorry to say so..but to me >> >> >Because the real 'vi' is copyrighted software, and I don't want to pay >> >AT&T $100K U.S. for a license so I can use the 'Real vi'(tm). >> >> Hm, in the AT&T editing guide, they remark, that vi is (c) UCBerkeley. > >Hm... Does anyone know if it contains *any* AT&T code? CSRG must have thought so. And, I believe someone is working on a free vi for BSD4.4. (Not elvis, something new) Nate -- osynw@terra.oscs.montana.edu | Still trying to find a good reason for nate@cs.montana.edu | these 'computer' things. Personally, work #: (406) 994-4836 | I don't think they'll catch on - home #: (406) 586-0579 | Don Hammerstrom