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You can’t solve a problem with the management of technology with more technology.

Bill Joy

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
Bitmap display is media compatible with dot matrix or laser printers.
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Dots Lasers Media
You can’t prove anything about a program written in C or FORTRAN. It’s really just Peek and Poke with some syntactic sugar.
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Program Prove Sugar
The point is that you want to have a system that is responsive.
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Responsive System Want
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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Couple People Writing
Interleaf is very nice. I expect there to be a lot of competition for programs like that.
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Competition Nice Program
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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Mirrors Thinking Views
Systems are going to get a lot more sophisticated.
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Lot Sophisticated Systems
Take responsibility for the things you build and invent.
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Responsibility Taking Responsibility
I think multiple levels of undo would be wonderful, too.
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Levels Thinking Wonderful
We can’t simply do our science and not worry about the ethical issues.
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Ethical Issues Worry
Most of the bright people don’t work for you – no matter who you are.
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Management Matter People
There are always more smart people outside your company than within it.
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Company Outside People Smart
I think one of the interesting things is that vi is really a mode-based editor.
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Editors Interesting Thinking
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
Operating systems are like underwear – nobody really wants to look at them.
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Looks Underwear Want

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