[mattfieldy]

For an article that prefaces it's dialogue with a desire to "leave the right-thinking reader with an impression of calm, reasoned rationality", it reads like opinionated tosh. How the author arrived at these six criteria as a reasonable litmus test for the applicability and usefulness of a text editor absolutely boggles the mind.

[alanctgardner2]

Verity is usually satirical; at best he's overblown and ridiculous. I don't think the Reg's editorial staff expects you to take this as gospel, it's mostly for entertainment value.

[derefr]

> right-thinking reader

This should have been your cue; "right-thinking" as a term is right up there with "modest proposal."

[amboar]

Probably by starting with the idea of writing an article gushing about sublime and working backwards in an attempt to not appear biased :p