I wish we hadn’t used all the keys on the keyboard.
BILL JOYThe next step after cheap is free, and after free is disposable.
More Bill Joy Quotes
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I think multiple levels of undo would be wonderful, too.
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Well, limbo is not a good place to be.
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Most of the bright people don’t work for you – no matter who you are.
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The point is that you want to have a system that is responsive.
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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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I just don’t like to lose what’s in the window.
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Bitmap display is media compatible with dot matrix or laser printers.
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Operating systems are like underwear – nobody really wants to look at them.
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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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Take responsibility for the things you build and invent.
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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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Today scientists, technologists, businessmen, engineers don’t have any personal responsibility for the consequences of their actions.
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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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Sometimes the easiest way to get something done is to be a little naive about it.
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