The Vi Editor and ‘Clippy’

Clippy

The [Microsoft Office Assistant](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clippy), better known as ‘Clippy’, is a source of infinite amount of ridicule. In the beginning there were these [UserFriendly.org strips](http://www.userfriendly.org/cartoons/archives/00jan/20000108.html) where the uber hacker, Pitr, modified the [vi editor](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vi) so that it has ‘those annoying Microsoft paperclips’. Shockingly, once only existed in comic strips, somebody were crazy enough to make it a reality! The result is [Vigor](http://vigor.sourceforge.net/), it is vi complete with that annoying paperclips, in reality!

It is now several years after the birth of Vigor, but we still consider vi and clippy combination as fresh joke. Now, a [Sun](http://www.sun.com) employee who had too much time on his hands created what might happen if [vi had been made by Microsoft](http://blogs.sun.com/roller/page/marigan?entry=how_the_vi_editor_would).

Information from [Akhmad Fathonih](http://blog.neofreko.com/index.php/2005/08/31/microsoft-version-of-vi/).

13 comments

  1. Bodor!!!

    Some people admire the MS assistant though, i don’t know why. I’d ask them about that, they only said “it’s qute”.

    They are all woman :) .

  2. Actually, I like the cat assistant, it’s cute and it’s a great friend in the lonely night when you type something . It snores, scratches, and does other things to keep you awake :D.

    Oh, I forgot, I would also consider it cute :D

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