On Tue, 28 Nov 2006, Chuck Guzis wrote:
  The WS keystrokes are so engrained in my consciousness
that I use the
 same keystrokes in my own personal editor and use Joe when I'm on
 *nix.  To a touch typist, they made tons of sense--being able to
 position the cursor without having your hands leave the home keys. 
Wordstar shows the difference between "ease of use" v "ease of
learning".
They are the same, only if one is incapable of learning.