What’s your personal computer, anyways? Your personal computer should be something that’s always on your person.
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More Bill Joy Quotes
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Sometimes the easiest way to get something done is to be a little naive about it.
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The point is that you want to have a system that is responsive.
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I just don’t like to lose what’s in the window.
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Well, limbo is not a good place to be.
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Bitmap display is media compatible with dot matrix or laser printers.
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I wish we hadn’t used all the keys on the keyboard.
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Take responsibility for the things you build and invent.
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I think editors have to come out of a certain kind of community.
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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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Just about every computer on the market today runs Unix, except the Mac and nobody cares about it.
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The problem is that those few programmers who crank out code aren’t interested in maintaining it.
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I got tired of people complaining that it was too hard to use UNIX because the editor was too complicated.
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I started to write a new editor not too long ago and had it about half done after two days.
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Most of the bright people don’t work for you – no matter who you are.
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Operating systems are like underwear – nobody really wants to look at them.
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