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The original vi is a product of its time (and its time has passed)

6 points| adunk | 22 days ago |utcc.utoronto.ca

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Rotundo|22 days ago

Sometimes something is a standard, not because it is the best, but because it is the thing that everybody expects and can trust to be there.

If you'd like to use another editor you can easily install it.

throwaway150|22 days ago

Honestly I cannot imagine who expects the original vi and trusts vi to be there. Every Unix/Linux user I have met expects Vim and trusts Vim to be there. If there are users expecting original vi, they must be a very small minority.