vi vs Emacs debate live at GTALUG September 11 !!!

[Robert Brockway]

For the September meeting I'd like to run a debate (sort of).

The title of the debate is "Emacs is superior to vi".  This will be a friendly 
and well natured debate on the relative merits of our favourite two editors.

I need 3 people for the affirmative and 3 people for the negative.  The 
affirmative people will be saying Emacs is superior to vi while the negative 
people will be disputing this.  Each person will speak for 4-5 minutes.

Please email me asap to be a debater in GTALUG's inaugural debate and indicate 
which side you would prefer to debate (or if you have no preference).  One 
thing we can be sure of - GTALUG has plenty of people ready to make themselves 
heard ;)

Important Clarifications:

- The title is deliberately vague - the definition of Emacs here includes all 
past & present versions of the OS^H^Heditor.

- vi is correctly pronounced "vee eye".  The vi team are expected to pronounce 
vi correctly.  The Emacs team may be granted a little more latitude in how to 
pronounce vi.  The vi team may get away with saying "Emucks".

- Debaters may demonstrate points in either editor using a Linux system and the 
overhead projector during their debate.

- Participants will be selected in the order the emails arrive in my inbox.  If 
we have more than 6 offers of participation then those who offered first will 
be invited to be judges.

- Participants in this debate will have first right of refusal on being a judge 
in future debates until such time as they take up the offer.

Thanks,

Rob
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