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I started to write a new editor not too long ago and had it about half done after two days.

Bill Joy

That lack of programmability is probably what ultimately will doom vi. It can’t extend its domain.
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Domain Doom Fate
Sometimes the easiest way to get something done is to be a little naive about it.
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Done Littles Way
We have to encourage the future we want rather than trying to prevent the future we fear.
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Teamwork Trying Want
I started to write a new editor not too long ago and had it about half done after two days.
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Ago Editor Long Writing
Just about every computer on the market today runs Unix, except the Mac and nobody cares about it.
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Care Running Today
I think editors have to come out of a certain kind of community.
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Community Editor Thinking
I got tired of people complaining that it was too hard to use UNIX because the editor was too complicated.
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Editors People Tired
I just don’t like to lose what’s in the window.
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Like Loses Window
I was surprised about vi going in, though, I didn’t know it was in System V.
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Knows Surprise System
Well, limbo is not a good place to be.
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Good Limbo Place Wells
Bitmap display is media compatible with dot matrix or laser printers.
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Dots Lasers Media
What’s your personal computer, anyways? Your personal computer should be something that’s always on your person.
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Computer Should Technology
Given the incredible power of these new technologies, shouldn’t we be asking how we can best coexist with them? And if our own extinction is a likely, or even possible, outcome of our technological development, shouldn’t we proceed with great caution?
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Asking Development Technological
You can’t solve a problem with the management of technology with more technology.
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Life Management Positive Technology
You can drive a car by looking in the rear view mirror as long as nothing is ahead of you. Not enough software professionals are engaged in forward thinking.
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Mirrors Thinking Views
The next step after cheap is free, and after free is disposable.
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Disposable Next Steps Selling

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