What’s your personal computer, anyways? Your personal computer should be something that’s always on your person.
BILL JOYWhat’s your personal computer, anyways? Your personal computer should be something that’s always on your person.
BILL JOYMost of the bright people don’t work for you – no matter who you are.
BILL JOYI think multiple levels of undo would be wonderful, too.
BILL JOYThe next step after cheap is free, and after free is disposable.
BILL JOYWe have to encourage the future we want rather than trying to prevent the future we fear.
BILL JOYI think editors have to come out of a certain kind of community.
BILL JOYThere are a couple of people in the world who can really program in C or FØRTRAN. They write more code in less time than it takes for other programmers. Most programmers aren’t that good.
BILL JOYThe best way to do research is to make a radical assumption and then assume it’s true. For me, I use the assumption that object oriented programming is the way to go.
BILL JOYThere are always more smart people outside your company than within it.
BILL JOYBitmap display is media compatible with dot matrix or laser printers.
BILL JOYBut no, I don’t generally have trouble with spelling mistakes.
BILL JOYI started to write a new editor not too long ago and had it about half done after two days.
BILL JOYAlthough 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.
BILL JOYI was surprised about vi going in, though, I didn’t know it was in System V.
BILL JOYThe point is that you want to have a system that is responsive.
BILL JOYTake responsibility for the things you build and invent.
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