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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.Hawaii.Edu!news.caldera.com!enews.sgi.com!news.sgi.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!newsfeed.direct.ca!usenet From: glend@direct.ca (Glenn Davies) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy Subject: Re: Betting on Unix Date: Thu, 20 Feb 1997 14:41:15 GMT Organization: Canada Internet Direct, Inc. Lines: 18 Message-ID: <330c6276.13111256@news.direct.ca> References: <5d3sr2$44n@nntp1.best.com> <5dbapu$t1f$1@nntp2.ba.best.com> <x7n2ti4s7i.fsf@dumbcat.codewright.com> <5dc7qq$hed@phoenix.sysbe.sysgo.de> <5ddcvf$4dh@sun20.ccd.bnl.gov> <330a1d23.2419719@172.15.0.208> <5ef5c8$rgs@arktur.rz.uni-ulm.de> <330B2333.38B6@to.me.please> <330ea403.78621875@mambo> NNTP-Posting-Host: van-as-09a06.direct.ca X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.1/32.230 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.misc:159932 comp.os.linux.networking:69269 comp.os.linux.setup:98651 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:6048 comp.unix.bsd.misc:2558 comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy:53814 comp.os.os2.advocacy:268799 On Thu, 20 Feb 1997 01:09:25 GMT, sangria@inlink.com (Sang K. Choe) wrote: >On Wed, 19 Feb 1997 16:58:43 +0100, "Terje A. Bergesen" ><no.email@to.me.please> wrote: > >: Or even vi, the most simple, yet incredible powerful editor there is. >: Microsoft has *never* created an editor with anything remotely like >: the usability and power of vi! > >Sorry, power I can agree with, but usability? That's an utter and >total crock. Vi is the single most user hostile application I have >ever had the misfortune of using or trying to teach another to use. > Have we already forgotten edlin? ------ Glenn Davies