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The point is that you want to have a system that is responsive.

Bill Joy

Sometimes the easiest way to get something done is to be a little naive about it.
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Done Littles Way
We can’t simply do our science and not worry about the ethical issues.
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Ethical Issues Worry
The problem is that those few programmers who crank out code aren’t interested in maintaining it.
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Code Crank Maintaining Out Programmers
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 started to write a new editor not too long ago and had it about half done after two days.
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Ago Editor Long Writing
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
I was surprised about vi going in, though, I didn’t know it was in System V.
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Knows Surprise System
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
Bitmap display is media compatible with dot matrix or laser printers.
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Dots Lasers Media
Systems are going to get a lot more sophisticated.
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Lot Sophisticated Systems
Most of the bright people don’t work for you – no matter who you are.
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Management Matter People
Operating systems are like underwear – nobody really wants to look at them.
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Looks Underwear Want
You can’t solve a problem with the management of technology with more technology.
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Life Management Positive Technology
The next step after cheap is free, and after free is disposable.
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Disposable Next Steps Selling
I think editors have to come out of a certain kind of community.
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Community Editor Thinking
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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Asking Development Technological

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