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The problem is that those few programmers who crank out code aren’t interested in maintaining it.

Bill Joy

I started to write a new editor not too long ago and had it about half done after two days.
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Ago Editor Long Writing
I just don’t like to lose what’s in the window.
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Like Loses Window
Interleaf is very nice. I expect there to be a lot of competition for programs like that.
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Competition Nice Program
There are always more smart people outside your company than within it.
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Company Outside People Smart
You can’t prove anything about a program written in C or FORTRAN. It’s really just Peek and Poke with some syntactic sugar.
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Program Prove Sugar
Today scientists, technologists, businessmen, engineers don’t have any personal responsibility for the consequences of their actions.
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Responsibility Technology Today
You can’t solve a problem with the management of technology with more technology.
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Life Management Positive Technology
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
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
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
Bitmap display is media compatible with dot matrix or laser printers.
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Dots Lasers Media
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
Well, limbo is not a good place to be.
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Good Limbo Place Wells
That lack of programmability is probably what ultimately will doom vi. It can’t extend its domain.
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Domain Doom Fate
Most of the bright people don’t work for you – no matter who you are.
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Management Matter People
Take responsibility for the things you build and invent.
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Responsibility Taking Responsibility

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