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The next step after cheap is free, and after free is disposable.

Bill Joy

There are always more smart people outside your company than within it.
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Company Outside People Smart
Take responsibility for the things you build and invent.
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Responsibility Taking Responsibility
Interleaf is very nice. I expect there to be a lot of competition for programs like that.
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Competition Nice Program
We can’t simply do our science and not worry about the ethical issues.
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Ethical Issues Worry
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
Today scientists, technologists, businessmen, engineers don’t have any personal responsibility for the consequences of their actions.
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Responsibility Technology Today
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
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 was surprised about vi going in, though, I didn’t know it was in System V.
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Knows Surprise System
The next step after cheap is free, and after free is disposable.
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Disposable Next Steps Selling
Sometimes the easiest way to get something done is to be a little naive about it.
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Done Littles Way
Systems are going to get a lot more sophisticated.
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Lot Sophisticated Systems
You can’t solve a problem with the management of technology with more technology.
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Life Management Positive Technology
I just don’t like to lose what’s in the window.
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Like Loses Window
I think one of the interesting things is that vi is really a mode-based editor.
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Editors Interesting Thinking
Bitmap display is media compatible with dot matrix or laser printers.
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Dots Lasers Media

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