The title of this blog-post is Emacs isn't for everyone". Another posts on the same blog is charmingly titled "Emacs undying hatred" (http://briancarper.net/blog/290/emacs-undying-hatred ). Just putting two and two together here, I'd come to the reluctant conclusion that emacs is not for brian carper (the blogger).
I used emacs for about 10 years. I got to be pretty ok with it. On a lark I decided to try vim for a few weeks and see what it was like. About 2 weeks in I was already more productive in vim. I've never even considered switching back. I don't hate emacs, but emacs isn't for everyone. But vim isn't for everyone either. Use what you like.
