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From: "Terje A. Bergesen" <no.email@to.me.please>
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: Wed, 19 Feb 1997 16:58:43 +0100
Organization: NSEP
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Stephan Pfab wrote:
> edward@islandnet.com wrote:

[snip]
> : emacs is also nearly as bad as vi(le), and latex.. well enough said,
> : you need a Masters in Computer Science just to understand
> : the bloody thing (which I incidently have, yet still don't!)

[...]
> This has to be a troll.
> I mean a "Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer" who can't figure out
> emacs or latex; surprise.

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!


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--- Terje Bergesen - I speak only for me, not for my employer.
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