The point is that you want to have a system that is responsive.

I was surprised about vi going in, though, I didn't know it was in System V.

The reason I use ed is that I don't want to lose what's on the screen.

Our goal is to make the Pepsi-Cola system a lot more competitive and a lot more responsive to our customers, ... This new structure will move us closer to that goal by taking greater advantage of our excellent leaders and creating units that will be sharply focused on their respective businesses.

The fundamental problem with vi is that it doesn't have a mouse and therefore you've got all these commands.

Back in '99 that was unheard of. Your system administrators were the ones who did that kind of thing for the customer. You didn't allow your customers to create their own email box or their own FTP user because it was something that was done by the geeks in the big dark room out the back.