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Re: Oracle: Naked King in database land?

From: Galen Boyer <galenboyer_at_hotpop.com>
Date: 3 Apr 2003 08:26:12 -0600
Message-ID: <u65pvr777.fsf@standardandpoors.com>


On Wed, 2 Apr 2003, mikharakiri_at_ywho.com wrote:

> That old joke perfectly reflects my own experience: there is no
> vi feature which suggests that its creator had IQ more than
> 50. The world moved since then, and no decent editor today
> require a user remembering silly and counter intuitive commands
> anymore. Why are you guys so vigorously defending this old
> piece of junk?

vi is the UNIX equivalent to notepad. Yeah, there are more powerful environments to get your stuff done, but when you need it, it is needed.

Now, so, lets compare vi to notepad. Notepad loses, hands-down.

-- 
Galen Boyer
Received on Thu Apr 03 2003 - 08:26:12 CST

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