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Re: [SLE] early vi -- ed -- edlin
- From: Jerry Feldman <gaf@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 15:03:28 +0000 (UTC)
- Message-id: <200511141003.23671.gaf@xxxxxxx>
On Saturday 12 November 2005 9:35 pm, Sid Boyce wrote:
> For many years it was said that the single most thing that held Unix
> back was the lack of a decent editor, simply they were all supremely
> lousy.
I've never heard that before. Since I first used Unix 25 years ago, I found
a number of decent editors, including vi and EMACS, but...
I don't think the lack of a decent editor ever help Unix back. The main
thing that held it back was the AT&T pricing. While a 2-user license was
fairly low, it was still expensive, and the muti-user licenses were very
expensive. There were a few PC based Unixes in then 1980s (including SCO
(classic)). But another thing that held it back was the lack of a good GUI,
and we now have them.
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Jerry Feldman <gaf@xxxxxxx>
Boston Linux and Unix user group
http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9
PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9
> For many years it was said that the single most thing that held Unix
> back was the lack of a decent editor, simply they were all supremely
> lousy.
I've never heard that before. Since I first used Unix 25 years ago, I found
a number of decent editors, including vi and EMACS, but...
I don't think the lack of a decent editor ever help Unix back. The main
thing that held it back was the AT&T pricing. While a 2-user license was
fairly low, it was still expensive, and the muti-user licenses were very
expensive. There were a few PC based Unixes in then 1980s (including SCO
(classic)). But another thing that held it back was the lack of a good GUI,
and we now have them.
--
Jerry Feldman <gaf@xxxxxxx>
Boston Linux and Unix user group
http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9
PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9
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