black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

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

Bill Joy

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

Mirrors Thinking Views
That lack of programmability is probably what ultimately will doom vi. It can’t extend its domain.
BILL JOY

Domain Doom Fate
I got tired of people complaining that it was too hard to use UNIX because the editor was too complicated.
BILL JOY

Editors People Tired
You can’t solve a problem with the management of technology with more technology.
BILL JOY

Life Management Positive Technology
I think editors have to come out of a certain kind of community.
BILL JOY

Community Editor Thinking
Well, limbo is not a good place to be.
BILL JOY

Good Limbo Place Wells
The standard definition of AI is that which we don’t understand.
BILL JOY

Computing Definitions Standards
I was surprised about vi going in, though, I didn’t know it was in System V.
BILL JOY

Knows Surprise System
I just don’t like to lose what’s in the window.
BILL JOY

Like Loses Window
Bitmap display is media compatible with dot matrix or laser printers.
BILL JOY

Dots Lasers Media
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.
BILL JOY

Common Sense Desire Knowledge
You can’t prove anything about a program written in C or FORTRAN. It’s really just Peek and Poke with some syntactic sugar.
BILL JOY

Program Prove Sugar
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?
BILL JOY

Asking Development Technological
We have to encourage the future we want rather than trying to prevent the future we fear.
BILL JOY

Teamwork Trying Want
Today scientists, technologists, businessmen, engineers don’t have any personal responsibility for the consequences of their actions.
BILL JOY

Responsibility Technology Today
Interleaf is very nice. I expect there to be a lot of competition for programs like that.
BILL JOY

Competition Nice Program

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

Related Topics

Popular Authors

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

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Bill Joy Quotes