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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

Most of the bright people don’t work for you – no matter who you are.
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Management Matter People
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
The standard definition of AI is that which we don’t understand.
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Computing Definitions Standards
I think editors have to come out of a certain kind of community.
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Community Editor Thinking
Sometimes the easiest way to get something done is to be a little naive about it.
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Done Littles Way
Interleaf is very nice. I expect there to be a lot of competition for programs like that.
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Competition Nice Program
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
You can’t solve a problem with the management of technology with more technology.
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Life Management Positive Technology
Well, limbo is not a good place to be.
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Good Limbo Place Wells
I just don’t like to lose what’s in the window.
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Like Loses Window
I think multiple levels of undo would be wonderful, too.
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Levels Thinking Wonderful
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
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
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
Operating systems are like underwear – nobody really wants to look at them.
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Looks Underwear Want

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