On Tue, 2009-08-11 at 14:59 -0500, Mike Miller wrote:

> Given that the code is all "free," why don't all of the distros take the 
> best of the others?  For example, if Slackware makes it easy to roll your 
> own package, why don't the others take the Slackware code for this and 
> make their systems do it too?

Because some people prefer vi, others like pico, and some real nuts
prefer emacs.