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- From: rion@Ingres.COM (Rion Cassidy (x3357) OGT)
- Subject: Re: Still no VI for NT!
- Message-ID: <1992Jul22.181309.9622@pony.Ingres.COM>
- Reply-To: rion@Ingres.COM (Rion Cassidy (x3357) OGT)
- Organization: Ask Computer Systems Inc., Ingres Division, Alameda CA 94501
- References: <1992Jul14.163740.23231@hyper.hyper.com> <1992Jul20.213158.17271@pony.Ingres.COM> <RFowler.282@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov> <1992Jul22.001153.6753@microsoft.com>
- Date: 22 Jul 92 18:13:09 GMT
- Lines: 39
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- In article <1992Jul22.001153.6753@microsoft.com> alistair@microsoft.com (Alistair Banks) writes:
- >In article <RFowler.282@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov> RFowler@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov (Robert A. Fowler) writes:
- >>In article <1992Jul20.213158.17271@pony.Ingres.COM> rion@Ingres.COM (Rion Cassidy (x3357) OGT) writes:
- >>
- >>>In article <1992Jul14.163740.23231@hyper.hyper.com> bonneau@hyper.com (Paul Bonneau,,) writes:
- >>>>
- >>>>I guess this posting is really a plea to tools vendors to
- >>>>*please* port VI to NT!
- >>>>
- >>>>cheers - Paul.
- >>
- >>>Yeah, right! We've got a guy here waiting for someone to port Wordstar to NT!
- >>Some people like wordprocessors that show what the control codes are, and
- >>whare the f*** they are at, as well as an easy to use max 2 key command
- >>structure with a handy numonic for most commands (unlike that OTHER one
- >>with random multi-functionkey commands).
- >
- >Why the swearing? Where's the debate? Let's calmly agree that
- >we need all apps that have a significant user-base ported to the
- >Win32 API asap to make it accessible and useful to the maximum
- >number of people - we don't need one or the other, we need both, all
- >
- >I'd like to discourage this forum being used to debate the rights and
- >wrongs of various historically successful apps
- >
- >-- Alistair
-
- I was not trying to start a heated debate with this comment and hope I
- haven't hurt anybody's feelings. I DO find it amusing that we are all
- getting excited about a new OS that touts graphical interfaces, windows,
- and mouse support, while some people still prefer editors that were
- created specifically for a character-based interface with no windows,
- mouse, or even support for the keyboards we are all using.
-
- I have to agree with Alistair, however. This is not the place to debate
- which editor is best. So I apologize for the original posting.
-
- Rion
-
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