Author of SpinRite?
Homepage: http://www.grc.com
Co-host of SecurityNow? on the TwitNetwork? with LeoLaporte?
Assembly Language programmer.
In this article, he discusses the perfect text editor (brief)
http://books.google.com/books?id=gzAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA19&lpg=PA19&dq=steve+gibson+brief+editor&source=bl&ots=AnmMplAUWw&sig=vTnCj1c2-3Mjdlc4N1ntNSySLfw&hl=en&ei=FWVLTZqRNMb_lgevoY0v&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&sqi=2&ved=0CBYQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=steve%20gibson%20brief%20editor&f=false