I think one of the interesting things is that vi is really a mode-based editor.
BILL JOYThe point is that you want to have a system that is responsive.
More Bill Joy Quotes
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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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I was surprised about vi going in, though, I didn’t know it was in System V.
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I got tired of people complaining that it was too hard to use UNIX because the editor was too complicated.
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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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There are always more smart people outside your company than within it.
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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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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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A bomb is blown up only once-but one bot can become many, and quickly get out of control.
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Systems are going to get a lot more sophisticated.
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The next step after cheap is free, and after free is disposable.
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I think editors have to come out of a certain kind of community.
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You can’t solve a problem with the management of technology with more technology.
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Well, limbo is not a good place to be.
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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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Most of the bright people don’t work for you – no matter who you are.
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