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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!vic.news.telstra.net!news.telstra.net!psgrain!iafrica.com!bowl.news.pipex.net!pipex!rill.news.pipex.net!pipex!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!feed1.news.erols.com!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.syd.connect.com.au!goliath.apana.org.au!peachy.apana.org.au!peachy.apana.org.au!not-for-mail From: Graham Broadbridge <grahamb@peachy.apana.org.au> Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy Subject: Re: Betting on Unix Date: 9 Mar 1997 07:15:10 GMT Organization: The Peachy Linux Node! Lines: 19 Message-ID: <5fto1u$jde$2@peachy.apana.org.au> References: <5d3sr2$44n@nntp1.best.com> <x7n2ti4s7i.fsf@dumbcat.codewright.com> <5dc7qq$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> <5ehglc$lef@innocence.interface-business.de> <330EF0FF.55CE@to.me.please> <5esial$eit@innocence.interface-business.de> <5esunl$9bv@web.nmti.com> <3313B49A.2B42@ibm.net> <331b5865.0@131.162.2.91> <857531709.6661.1@msn-9-16.binc.net> <331D71A4.556B@absyss.fr> NNTP-Posting-Host: peachy.apana.org.au X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 unoff BETA release 960927] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.misc:163446 comp.unix.bsd.misc:2755 comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy:56203 comp.os.os2.advocacy:272897 In comp.os.linux.misc Douglas Seay <seay@absyss.fr> wrote: : heaven is linux with vi and perl. Linux does not have 'vi' vi is a UNIX utility that is licensed. The best that linuxers have is vim 'which is vi improved' or elvis (which is symlinked to vi). Real vi used less than 50k of disk on a *statically linked* system. Graham. (using 'vim' on a linux system at the moment :-) -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Graham Broadbridge Internet <grahamb@peachy.apana.org.au> Marsfield NSW AmprNet <vk2yui@gw.vk2yui.ampr.org> Australia <vk2yui@amsat.org> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------