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From: trever@cyberdex.cuug.ab.ca (Trever Miller)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy
Subject: Re: Betting on Unix
Followup-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy
Date: 22 Feb 1997 02:40:44 GMT
Organization: Cyberdex Systems
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References: <5d3sr2$44n@nntp1.best.com> <5ef5c8$rgs@arktur.rz.uni-ulm.de> <330B2333.38B6@to.me.please> <330ea403.78621875@mambo> <5ekqvg$864$1@laurasia.ems.psu.edu>
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In article <330ea403.78621875@mambo>, Sang K. Choe <sangria@inlink.com> wrote:
>
>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.
Go download Nethack and play a few games all the way to the endgame.
Then fire up vi again and see what a difference the above has made :-)
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