[Info-vax] Editors, was: Re: VT keyboard replacement

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 11/24/2021 3:25 PM, alanfe... at gmail.com wrote:
> On Tuesday, November 23, 2021 at 2:15:59 PM UTC-5, Simon Clubley wrote:
>> On 2021-11-22, Dave Froble <da... at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
>>> Perhaps some people feel the need to keep changing editors. That's fine for
>>> them. But other people learn how to do something, and as long as it works for
>>> them, that is what they turn to when needing an editor. No new learning curve.
>>> No wasted time. More productive.
>>>
>>> The key is, if it is a good tool for a job, why change?
>>>
>> Because a better tool can come along.
>>
>> That happened to me when moving from EDT on RSTS/E to EVE on VAX/VMS.
> 
> Question: Do you buy a new smartphone every year? Do you buy a new home computer every year? Each is better than its predecessor. So do you?
> 
> Do you buy a new car every year? Each is better than its predecessor.

I am not sure that those example support the idea of staying with EDT.

Practically everybody buys new phones, new PC's and new cars.

Not every year, but every 3 or 5 or 10 years.

Nobody suggested changing editor every year, just every 10 or 20 year.

:-)

Arne