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I was surprised about vi going in, though, I didn’t know it was in System V.

Bill Joy

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
I think editors have to come out of a certain kind of community.
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Community Editor Thinking
Most of the bright people don’t work for you – no matter who you are.
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Management Matter People
I just don’t like to lose what’s in the window.
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Like Loses Window
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
The point is that you want to have a system that is responsive.
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Responsive System Want
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
Well, limbo is not a good place to be.
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Good Limbo Place Wells
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
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
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
I wish we hadn’t used all the keys on the keyboard.
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Keyboard Keys Wish
The next step after cheap is free, and after free is disposable.
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Disposable Next Steps Selling
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
There are always more smart people outside your company than within it.
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Company Outside People Smart
Sometimes the easiest way to get something done is to be a little naive about it.
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Done Littles Way

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