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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

Well, limbo is not a good place to be.
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Good Limbo Place Wells
I think editors have to come out of a certain kind of community.
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Community Editor Thinking
I think multiple levels of undo would be wonderful, too.
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Levels Thinking Wonderful
Operating systems are like underwear – nobody really wants to look at them.
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Looks Underwear Want
Although humankind inherently “desires to know”, if open access to, and unlimited development of, knowledge henceforth puts us all in clear danger of extinction, then common sense demands that we re-examine our reverence for knowledge.
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Common Sense Desire Knowledge
Most of the bright people don’t work for you – no matter who you are.
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Management Matter People
There are always more smart people outside your company than within it.
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Company Outside People Smart
The point is that you want to have a system that is responsive.
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Responsive System Want
The next step after cheap is free, and after free is disposable.
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Disposable Next Steps Selling
A bomb is blown up only once-but one bot can become many, and quickly get out of control.
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Bombs Control Quickly
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
That lack of programmability is probably what ultimately will doom vi. It can’t extend its domain.
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Domain Doom Fate
I think one of the interesting things is that vi is really a mode-based editor.
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Editors Interesting Thinking
Systems are going to get a lot more sophisticated.
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Lot Sophisticated Systems
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

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