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KDE vs Gnome -- User interfaces



Gregory Boyce wrote:
> On Tue, 10 Feb 2009, Jerry Feldman wrote:
>
>   
>> Well said. GNOME vs. KDE is like religion. So it VI vs. EMACS. Back before I 
>> learned EMACS, one of the guys in development would walk around chanting that 
>> "EMACS is God's editor". At that time we were using Gosling's EMACS. It would 
>> take forever to load, so I would run it when I logged in, and leave it up 
>> permanently. (We're talking mid-1080s).
>>     
>
> Little known fact:
>
> Leonardo Da Vinci provided some code for Emacs back in the late 1400's, 
> largely replacing some of the original code that was left behind from 
> Viking times.
>
> --
> Greg (the wiseass)
>   

That explains why all the great code artists use The One True Editor (tm).

Bill, who sees connections in everything.

-- 
E. William Horne
William Warren Consulting
Computer & Network Installations, Security, and Service
http://william-warren.com
781-784-7287



-- 
E. William Horne
William Warren Consulting
Computer & Network Installations, Security, and Service
http://william-warren.com
781-784-7287








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