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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.

Bill Joy

The next step after cheap is free, and after free is disposable.
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Disposable Next Steps Selling
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
We can’t simply do our science and not worry about the ethical issues.
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Ethical Issues Worry
Operating systems are like underwear – nobody really wants to look at them.
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Looks Underwear Want
You can’t solve a problem with the management of technology with more technology.
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Life Management Positive Technology
Systems are going to get a lot more sophisticated.
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Lot Sophisticated Systems
Take responsibility for the things you build and invent.
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Responsibility Taking Responsibility
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 wish we hadn’t used all the keys on the keyboard.
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Keyboard Keys Wish
I think one of the interesting things is that vi is really a mode-based editor.
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Editors Interesting Thinking
The problem is that those few programmers who crank out code aren’t interested in maintaining it.
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Code Crank Maintaining Out Programmers
Today scientists, technologists, businessmen, engineers don’t have any personal responsibility for the consequences of their actions.
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Responsibility Technology Today
The standard definition of AI is that which we don’t understand.
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Computing Definitions Standards
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
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

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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