[Gllug] ddate

[Stig Brautaset]

On Jan 07 2003, Tethys wrote:
> 
> Rich Walker writes:
> 
> >No, "easy CD version", "can rebuild itself from installed copy",
> >"fits on 1 floppy", and "free forever" are outweighed by the lack of
> >tab-completion and Emacs.
> 
> It's an emergency rescue system. Sure, tab completion would be nice
> (and I'd personally have included it), but it's far from essential.
> And Emacs? On a single floppy? I guess you could put microemacs on.
> Even if you use Emacs (or nedit or jed, etc.), you should at least
> have a basic working knowledge of vi, because that's often all you
> have when the machine's having problems.

I bet Rich was joking.

Stig
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