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Systems are going to get a lot more sophisticated.

Bill Joy

Systems are going to get a lot more sophisticated.
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Lot Sophisticated Systems
Most of the bright people don’t work for you – no matter who you are.
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Management Matter People
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
The point is that you want to have a system that is responsive.
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Responsive System Want
Today scientists, technologists, businessmen, engineers don’t have any personal responsibility for the consequences of their actions.
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Responsibility Technology Today
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
I just don’t like to lose what’s in the window.
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Like Loses Window
That lack of programmability is probably what ultimately will doom vi. It can’t extend its domain.
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Domain Doom Fate
Well, limbo is not a good place to be.
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Good Limbo Place Wells
We can’t simply do our science and not worry about the ethical issues.
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Ethical Issues Worry
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
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
I was surprised about vi going in, though, I didn’t know it was in System V.
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Knows Surprise System
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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