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Just about every computer on the market today runs Unix, except the Mac and nobody cares about it.

Bill Joy

I think multiple levels of undo would be wonderful, too.
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Levels Thinking Wonderful
Systems are going to get a lot more sophisticated.
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Lot Sophisticated Systems
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
We have to encourage the future we want rather than trying to prevent the future we fear.
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Teamwork Trying Want
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
The next step after cheap is free, and after free is disposable.
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Disposable Next Steps Selling
That lack of programmability is probably what ultimately will doom vi. It can’t extend its domain.
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Domain Doom Fate
I think one of the interesting things is that vi is really a mode-based editor.
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Editors Interesting Thinking
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
We can’t simply do our science and not worry about the ethical issues.
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Ethical Issues Worry
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
Operating systems are like underwear – nobody really wants to look at them.
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Looks Underwear Want
I was surprised about vi going in, though, I didn’t know it was in System V.
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Knows Surprise System
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
Most of the bright people don’t work for you – no matter who you are.
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Management Matter People
You can’t solve a problem with the management of technology with more technology.
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Life Management Positive Technology

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