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How the vi editor would look if it had been made my Microsoft

blogs.sun.com — See how things might have been if Microsoft had done vi. Truly funny!

Who dugg this? Made popular Aug 30, 2005

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  • coolfrood, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I love the Vigor screenshots: http://vigor.sourceforge.net/screenshots/
  • Anth, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Wouldnt it be just like emacs? **Dons flamesuit**
  • rolfwr, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0It reminds me of the good old Vigor. http://vigor.sourceforge.net/
  • coolfrood, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I like to digg it when it has already gotten a few diggs, so that some more people might digg it after my digg.
  • wjm0139, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0pretty funny, but why would you not digg your own story??
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Haha.. This is funny. Brings back memories of the paperclip from Microsoft Word..
  • kohno214, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Alas, more MS bashing.
  • reggiedarden, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0If MS came up with vi.... how scary... Need to add a blue screen.
  • AdamCo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0haha

    You MS guys need to learn how to take a joke.
  • hypnotiq, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0dugg

    i dig the ascii art though
  • zatrix, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0haha pretty funny
  • Whomever, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0@anth

    Agreed :) think emacs is what Microsoft would "produce" (= pillage, plunder) if it screwed with vi(m).

    :wq
  • JamesWilson, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0LMAO
  • mercano, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0@archer75
    "I hate vi. I prefer nano."

    Hear hear! Imagine, pressing keys and letters going into your document, with a list of available commands right at the bottom of the screen.
  • gr8fuldane, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Pretty funny. I'm sure it will spark off the ever present "Microsoft is better!" "NO! Linux is more better!" comments.
  • trident523, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Well... Swell. Clippy haunts me every where I go! LINUX INST SAFE ANY MORE! EVERYONE RUN TO THE APPLE BUNKER! Or the microsoft bunker... but you have to deal with all those paper clips
  • OakLawnTek1, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0This just made mt day......
    Excellent digg

    Hilarious
  • belcorriko, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Pico is the best!
  • antiwmac, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0i love vi
    i dont like nano
    i never use emacs.
  • bedouin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Who remembers edlin?
  • FoosYou, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0A bit old, but great! Worth a Digg!
  • OakLawnTek1, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0This just made my day
    Excellent digg

    Flippin Hilarious....
  • pplant, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I dont get it?
  • ntufar, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0for all those vi haters it will make life a little better when revolution comes
  • RMuffin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0This is the most flameworthy Digg I've seen.

    In one corner Microsoft.

    In the other Linux.
    Throw in the FlameWars of Vi(M), EMacs, Picco, Nano and every other editor out there...

    Time to attack the Hornets Nest!!

    MS Sucks!
    VI RULEZ
    VIM RULEZ
    EMACS SUX
    PICO SUX
    NANO SUX!

    *hides*
  • zecreven, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0vi is for advanced unix users. if u really know how to use it with full functionality, it is the best editing tool!
  • digitaldd, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0OMG its clippy in ASCII..

    While i wouldn't say VI is the best editing tool it is a common text editing app that is included with every UNIX flavor I've run into so it is definitely worth learning
  • ethanl, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0long live nano!
  • reggiedarden, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I used to be a big fan of pico and nano but then I just got hooked on vi. I never could get into emacs.
  • 16x9, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0adamco wrote: "You MS guys need to learn how to take a joke."

    Is it just me or is it that ever since people started paying attention to Apple, Linux and UNIX, some Windows users have have become very thin skinned?
  • archer75, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0I hate vi. I prefer nano.
  • xample, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0all time best digg story
  • jasqwerty, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0HaHa
    Someone people need help with new things, what ***** idiots!!!
    ROFLCOPTER!!!

    Come on guys, maybe not for you, but clippie helps alot of people. :-D
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0digg++

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