They are saying they favor the emacs model over that of vi, and that subsequent editors have not added any appreciable value. Well, that's what they said, after

They are saying they favor the emacs model over that of vi, and that subsequent editors have not added any appreciable value. Well, that's what they said, after transpiling into an editor discussion about modal vs. non-modal editors against the backdrop of forking editors in order to add new features.