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When the Mac first came out, Newsweek asked me what I [thought] of it. I said: Well, it’s the first personal computer worth criticizing.

Alan Kay

But Basic happened to be on a GE timesharing system that was done by Dartmouth, and when GE decided to franchise that, it started spreading Basic around just because it was there, not because it had any intrinsic merits whatsoever.
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Around Basic Decide Done Franchise Happen Spread Timeshare
When the Mac first came out, Newsweek asked me what I [thought] of it. I said: Well, it’s the first personal computer worth criticizing.
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Ask Came Computer Criticizing First Mac Newsweek Out Personal Thought
The hard nerds are the ones who used to have the slide rules at their belt; now they have calculators.
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Belt Calculator Hard Nerd One Rule Slide Use
Sun Microsystems had the right people to make Java into a first-class language.
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Class First Java Language Make Microsystem People Right Sun
When was the last time a technology with a scale like that was so error-free?
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Error Free Last Scale Technology Time
A new friend is new wine, when it grows old, you will enjoy drinking it.
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Drink Enjoy Friend Grow New Now Old Wine
To get the medium’s magic to work for one’s aims rather than against them is to attain literacy.
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Against Aim Attain Literacy Magic Medium Rather Work
Quite a few people have to believe something is normal before it becomes normal – a sort of ‘voting’ situation.
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Before Believe Few Norma People Quite Situation Something Sort Vote
I realized that my usual approach is usually critical. That is, a lot of the things that I do, that most people do, are because they hate something somebody else has done, or they hate that something hasn’t been done.
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Approach Done Hate Most People Realize Someone Something Usually
Bad criticism drives good criticism out of circulation. You just can’t criticize anything.
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Anything Bad Criticism Good Out
Technology is anything that wasn’t around when you were born.
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Anything Around Born Technology
Basic would never have surfaced because there was always a language better than Basic for that purpose.
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Always Basic Better Language Purpose Surface
There’s an element of surprise, and especially in science, there is often laughter that goes along with the “Aha.”
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Along Element Especial Go Laughter Often Science Surprise
There’s a real sense in which MS and Apple never understood networking or operating systems (or what objects really are).
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Apple Microsoft Network Object Operate System Real Sense Understood
The computer is simply an instrument whose music is ideas.
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Computer Idea Instrument Music Simply
Understanding- -like civilization, happiness, music, science and a host of other great endeavors–is not a state of being, but a manner of traveling.
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Civilization Endeavour Host Manner Science Stae Traveling Understanding

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