Use of ``vi'' for business office word-processing
Bob Peirce
rbp at investor.UUCP
Wed Sep 10 10:44:04 AEST 1986
> In my humble :-) opinion, I cannot think of any editor more universally
> useful than ``vi'' (yes, I know about Emacs, but I still prefer ``vi'').
> So my question is: Am I WRONG in advising people to stay with ``vi''
> and not spend money for "word-processing software" in the BUSINESS APPLICATION
> environment?
I think you are absolutely right. We tried some "word processing" packages
and without exception everyone rejected them. They are anti-unix; they get
in your way. We use vi/nroff with mm macros and an Informix db for mailing
lists. Recently I have added uEmacs but so far I am the only one who loves
it. I still use vi about half the time. Both have strengths and unix lets
you use them.
> For three or four secretaries (and to allow
> for growth), I am inclined to recommend a 3B2 or NCR Tower XP as the most
> COST-EFFECTIVE means of implementing a multi-user system. Comments, anyone?
Don't overlook the marvelous machine made by Altos. We are going to a 3068
for a current staff of six and a planned future staff of 10-12. Everybody
lives off the machine from the Chairman (me) on down. We found two networked
68000s couldn't handle our load. I think the M68020 is the only way to go.
> ==> Larry Lippman @ Recognition Research Corp., Clarence, New York
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