I got tired of people complaining that it was too hard to use UNIX because the editor was too complicated.
BILL JOYI was surprised about vi going in, though, I didn’t know it was in System V.
More Bill Joy Quotes
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You can’t solve a problem with the management of technology with more technology.
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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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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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The standard definition of AI is that which we don’t understand.
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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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Today scientists, technologists, businessmen, engineers don’t have any personal responsibility for the consequences of their actions.
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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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We can’t simply do our science and not worry about the ethical issues.
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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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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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We have to encourage the future we want rather than trying to prevent the future we fear.
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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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Take responsibility for the things you build and invent.
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I just don’t like to lose what’s in the window.
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