On Tuesday 08 January 2008 13:28, Bill Anderson wrote: > .... I remember when Bill Joy, who was > at BSD in those days, released vi as shareware.
I don't think that could have happened, since Vi / Ex were derived from and included code from ed and hence were covered by AT&T copyright. > ... > If you don't know Bill Joy, he is the mentor for Java and currently > works for Sun. For what it's worth, he also wrote an article a few years back in Wired in which he expressed his fears that the combination of AI / robotics, nanotechnology and genetic engineering would lead to humanity's extinction, either outright through catastrophe or by conversion into a cyborg species. Randall Schulz Vi user since 1980 Resigned to his status as a Vi user since 1997 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
