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In article <23261@cbmvax.commodore.com> dlarson@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dale Larson) writes:

   How can one program, no matter how good and how well-maintained, possibly meet
   the different needs, styles, philosophies, etc. of hundreds of millions of text-
   editor users?  I think the point was that, for the good of the users, there 
   must be competing programs.  Right now there doesn't seem to be a likely way 
   for some group to get paid to write a free editor to compete with emacs, and 
   one that costs good money starts with an unfair disadvantage...

If there is enough demand for a free, alternative editor, then "some
group will get paid".

For the time being, GNU also supports a variety of editing and editor
styles, through modes in GNU emacs, and as separate programs, such
as an ed clone and a vi clone.