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Operating systems are like underwear – nobody really wants to look at them.

Bill Joy

I think one of the interesting things is that vi is really a mode-based editor.
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Editors Interesting Thinking
We can’t simply do our science and not worry about the ethical issues.
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Ethical Issues Worry
We have to encourage the future we want rather than trying to prevent the future we fear.
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Teamwork Trying Want
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
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
And once an intelligent robot exists, it is only a small step to a robot species – to an intelligent robot that can make evolved copies of itself.
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Intelligent Robots Small Steps
Today scientists, technologists, businessmen, engineers don’t have any personal responsibility for the consequences of their actions.
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Responsibility Technology Today
That lack of programmability is probably what ultimately will doom vi. It can’t extend its domain.
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Domain Doom Fate
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
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
I was surprised about vi going in, though, I didn’t know it was in System V.
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Knows Surprise System
I wish we hadn’t used all the keys on the keyboard.
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Keyboard Keys Wish
Take responsibility for the things you build and invent.
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Responsibility Taking Responsibility
There are a couple of people in the world who can really program in C or FØRTRAN. They write more code in less time than it takes for other programmers. Most programmers aren’t that good.
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Couple People Writing
Sometimes the easiest way to get something done is to be a little naive about it.
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Done Littles Way
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

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