Why You Should Choose Microsoft Word Over vi

March 30, 2004 D. H. McKee

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In a major new case study sure to grab the attention of Pointy Haired Bosses everywhere, Microsoft announced today that the Total Cost of Ownership of Microsoft Word is 94% lower than that of the open-source equivalant, vi.

“There’s simply no comparison,” said a Microsoft researcher. “We cannot believe that anybody would seriously use something so primitive as vi in this day and age. The same can be said about all Linux distributions, which universally bundle vi.”

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