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Operating systems are like underwear – nobody really wants to look at them.

Bill Joy

The 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.
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Research Use Way
You can’t solve a problem with the management of technology with more technology.
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Life Management Positive Technology
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
The next step after cheap is free, and after free is disposable.
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Disposable Next Steps Selling
The standard definition of AI is that which we don’t understand.
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Computing Definitions Standards
I wish we hadn’t used all the keys on the keyboard.
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Keyboard Keys Wish
Sometimes the easiest way to get something done is to be a little naive about it.
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Done Littles Way
There 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.
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Couple People Writing
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
I think editors have to come out of a certain kind of community.
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Community Editor Thinking
I was surprised about vi going in, though, I didn’t know it was in System V.
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Knows Surprise System
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
You can’t prove anything about a program written in C or FORTRAN. It’s really just Peek and Poke with some syntactic sugar.
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Program Prove Sugar
I just don’t like to lose what’s in the window.
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Like Loses Window
Most of the bright people don’t work for you – no matter who you are.
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Management Matter People
Today scientists, technologists, businessmen, engineers don’t have any personal responsibility for the consequences of their actions.
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Responsibility Technology Today

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