X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,7fa1f27da953d500 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-10-17 13:01:02 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!newsfeed.telusplanet.net!news0.telusplanet.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Sender: Brad Murray From: bjm-nntp@phreeow.net Subject: Re: Text editor Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art References: <3hr0sto2unhhcqa3ibkrib2os8k5iod3i6@4ax.com> <305aa4dd.0110100704.6804e7fd@posting.google.com> <3bc4ddde$0$233$edfadb0f@dspool01.news.tele.dk> <7dbrst8ejtrdielhm18a2h64n1hlju9g2t@4ax.com> User-Agent: tin/1.4.4-20000803 ("Vet for the Insane") (UNIX) (OpenBSD/2.6 (sparc)) Lines: 12 Message-ID: Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2001 20:00:55 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 216.232.24.166 X-Trace: news0.telusplanet.net 1003348855 216.232.24.166 (Wed, 17 Oct 2001 14:00:55 MDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2001 14:00:55 MDT Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:8624 drsquare wrote: d> Even if you did, what's to stop you using it and then saying "Oh, I did it d> in notepad"? Also, why would anyone actually pay for a text editor, when d> there are so many decent free ones? I have often wondered the same thing about operating systems. -- Brad Murray * Always carry a short length of fibre-optic cable. If Perl Geek * you get lost, then you can drop it on the ground, wait VSCA Founder * ten minutes, and ask the backhoe operator how to get Magnet Oper * back to civilization. (Alan Frame)