Systems are going to get a lot more sophisticated.
BILL JOYJust about every computer on the market today runs Unix, except the Mac and nobody cares about it.
More Bill Joy Quotes
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We have to encourage the future we want rather than trying to prevent the future we fear.
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The next step after cheap is free, and after free is disposable.
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Today scientists, technologists, businessmen, engineers don’t have any personal responsibility for the consequences of their actions.
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The standard definition of AI is that which we don’t understand.
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I was surprised about vi going in, though, I didn’t know it was in System V.
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The point is that you want to have a system that is responsive.
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Operating systems are like underwear – nobody really wants to look at them.
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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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I think editors have to come out of a certain kind of community.
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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.
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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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That lack of programmability is probably what ultimately will doom vi. It can’t extend its domain.
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Interleaf is very nice. I expect there to be a lot of competition for programs like that.
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Most of the bright people don’t work for you – no matter who you are.
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Well, limbo is not a good place to be.
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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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The problem is that those few programmers who crank out code aren’t interested in maintaining it.
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Take responsibility for the things you build and invent.
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Bitmap display is media compatible with dot matrix or laser printers.
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We can’t simply do our science and not worry about the ethical issues.
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I wish we hadn’t used all the keys on the keyboard.
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I just don’t like to lose what’s in the window.
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I think multiple levels of undo would be wonderful, too.
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A bomb is blown up only once-but one bot can become many, and quickly get out of control.
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There are always more smart people outside your company than within it.
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What’s your personal computer, anyways? Your personal computer should be something that’s always on your person.
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