A quote: "It felt terrible to be so lost with a task as simple as editing a file ... This is why I decided to use Vim as my primary editor. It already had enough qualities to be a good choice, but the fact that it is set up on most servers was the final selling point for me."<p>The above sounds like one of the most peculiar reasons to settle on an editor -- however difficult to use, it's likely to be installed. Pico and/or Nano are also likely to be installed on most servers, and they're much easier to use.<p>This explanation sounds a lot like George Mallory's reason for climbing Mount Everest -- "It was there." But using an editor shouldn't require an epic struggle.
Funny, as a long time Vim user I still feel this was about certain Vi configurations. I guess that means I'm not yet far enough along to know all the keys that I should know, but even then, certain setups with Vi can be really painful.