[klibertp]

I think that's almost 100% cultural thing. I know both editors quite well now, and to learn them I had to read tons of people's posts and such. In Emacs (unofficial) writings I saw much more "holier-than-thou" attitude, similar to what they call "smug lisp weenies". Vim's writings are down to earth, focused on pragmatics and making no unneeded comparisons.

While technically Emacs users and advocates are right, they lose big time in "marketing" or "public relations". I don't really think that this is going to be fixed.