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I got tired of people complaining that it was too hard to use UNIX because the editor was too complicated.

Bill Joy

Interleaf is very nice. I expect there to be a lot of competition for programs like that.
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Competition Nice Program
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
That lack of programmability is probably what ultimately will doom vi. It can’t extend its domain.
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Domain Doom Fate
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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Research Use Way
Systems are going to get a lot more sophisticated.
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Lot Sophisticated Systems
Bitmap display is media compatible with dot matrix or laser printers.
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Dots Lasers Media
I think multiple levels of undo would be wonderful, too.
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Levels Thinking Wonderful
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
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
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
The problem is that those few programmers who crank out code aren’t interested in maintaining it.
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Code Crank Maintaining Out Programmers
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
Most of the bright people don’t work for you – no matter who you are.
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Management Matter People
The next step after cheap is free, and after free is disposable.
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Disposable Next Steps Selling
Operating systems are like underwear – nobody really wants to look at them.
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Looks Underwear Want
There are always more smart people outside your company than within it.
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Company Outside People Smart

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