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I don't follow; are you implying Linux users (the particular audience) don't like having multiple tools for specific use cases or that the author's statement goes without saying?

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Often when there are two (or more) very good tools for a single task (e.g. editing text) there breaks out a Holy War, rather than people being happy for each other to use their preferred, each excellent in their own way, option. Seems to me this is what the parent comment is nodding to.

Precisely.

Checking more recent comments, it looks like a Holy War has broken out over whether there should be Holy Wars. Priceless!

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