...That's actually my point, kind of. While I wouldn't wish nano on anyone working on a large project, a lot of unix administration work (well, at the level of the system on your desk, anyways... professional SAs have a lot more to do, and should be feared and respected) is light text editing: that's precisely nano's problem domain.

I used nano exclusively for years, and though those days are gone, I don't appreciate people who look down upon it and its users, just because it wasn't built to compete with emacs.