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Date:      Thu, 17 Dec 1998 14:13:57 +1100
From:      Kevin Sheehan <kevin@planb.net.au>
To:        "'ML Duke'" <mlduke@concentric.net>
Cc:        "newbies@FreeBSD.ORG" <newbies@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   RE: vi & word documents
Message-ID:  <01BE29C7.7CF34120@fossil.planb.com.au>

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ML Duke writes:

>So says my Unix mentor as well. With a bit of background with a
>truly powerful text editing system-Xerox Viewpoint w/Document Editor--
>from which billy & boys stole much but are not even close to catching
>up with yet--the power in vi is intuitively obvious.

Sorry, but I couldn't help but notice the Viewpoint / Globalview ref.  It would be closer to the truth to say Xerox gave it away than had it stolen wouldn't it?

Do you still use it?  It's a pitty MS and others didn't take more from it...  makes me wish I still had a 6085 :-)

... I'll let you get back to the vi discussion....

Rgs.

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