secrist@msdoa1.DEC.COM (Richard C. Secrist, KXO SWS) (01/10/88)
Some have called WordStar "everybody's second favorite editor" because it's one of those so-called de facto standards. But most of the die-hard CP/Mers I know say they wouldn't give up good money for any version of it (at a local users group it's known as "TurdStar") but would be eager for a "vi" or "Emacs", or just about anything you can get the sources to - especially in C. When the Simtel20 CP/M archives were created it'd be interesting to know what they estimated the government usage at - perhaps it was in their justification documents or whatever... rcs