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nelson@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Russ Nelson) writes:
   The people who don't like Emacs aren't going to use it, no matter
   the cost.  They'll write their own vi clone, or brief clone (to
   name two free clones that I am aware of).

Not at all.  I don't like Emacs and I use it all the time, except when
I'm using vi, which I also don't like.  People use what's readily
available, for the most part.

   Why is competition good?  Competition is a means to an end -- that of having
   good software (free or otherwise).  If we can get the end without the
   inefficiencies of competition, why bother with it?

Competition is a way to tell if something actually is good.  It is the
act of comparison shopping by the users.  Consider this: the authors
of certain software assert that bloating it doesn't hurt.  Unless
someone demonstrates alternatives that are leaner and meaner the bloat
will win by default and be proclaimed "good".  Good enough is the
enemy of better, as they say.