You should read the article. Vim does run everywhere, including inside Emacs. You don't "choose vim over Emacs," you choose vim, and optionally Emacs if you wan

You should read the article. Vim does run everywhere, including inside Emacs. You don't "choose vim over Emacs," you choose vim, and optionally Emacs if you want to use Emacs in whatever context. evil-mode is a great vim; using that won't stop a vim user from using native C vim instead of emacs lisp vim when logged into a remote system (source: vim user for twenty years, Emacs ten)