> Cards on the table: I have been using Emacs 25 years as an editor, an > MUA and a programming environment. > > When I started using it THE heated discussion was between proponents of > the DEC operating system, VMS, and proponents of UNIX. Then there were > flames between AT&T UNIX and Berklix UNIX. Then LINUX vs. Windows. The > beat goes on. > > Then I got embroiled in a serious discussion of the OS and network > protocol to be used on NASA's supercomputer wind tunnel-in-a-computer > project. The competitors were Cray Operating system, COS, with LINKS a > suite of network protocols vs. UNIX and TCP/IP. IIRC there was a bit of > early support for SNA as a network protocol as well as OSI which was > being urged to be THE U. S. Government's network protocol suite. At a > big deal meeting to hash it out I had not come to a position but at the > meeting I listened and opted for the UNIX TCP/IP option, and a proponent > of another position offered to take a swing at me. A Civil Servant > stepped in to save my ass. Those were the days. > > This VIM/ Emacs debate seems to crop up periodically to no great effect > in arriving at any decision. We all end up using the tools with which > they are most comfortable. And these flame wars SOLVE NOTHING. > > Be sides every body KNOWS Emacs rules!!! :-) > > Get over it guys. There is work that needs doing. I am curious, what part of Emacs is better than Vi? -- Armin Moradi -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
