I think editors have to come out of a certain kind of community.
BILL JOYYou can’t solve a problem with the management of technology with more technology.
More Bill Joy Quotes
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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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You can’t solve a problem with the management of technology with more technology.
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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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Sometimes the easiest way to get something done is to be a little naive about it.
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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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Just about every computer on the market today runs Unix, except the Mac and nobody cares about it.
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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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The next step after cheap is free, and after free is disposable.
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But no, I don’t generally have trouble with spelling mistakes.
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Bitmap display is media compatible with dot matrix or laser printers.
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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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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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Systems are going to get a lot more sophisticated.
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We can’t simply do our science and not worry about the ethical issues.
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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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