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

Bill Joy

What’s your personal computer, anyways? Your personal computer should be something that’s always on your person.
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Computer Should Technology
The next step after cheap is free, and after free is disposable.
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Disposable Next Steps Selling
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’t solve a problem with the management of technology with more technology.
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Life Management Positive Technology
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
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
I think multiple levels of undo would be wonderful, too.
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Levels Thinking Wonderful
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
Systems are going to get a lot more sophisticated.
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Lot Sophisticated Systems
Sometimes the easiest way to get something done is to be a little naive about it.
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Done Littles Way
I wish we hadn’t used all the keys on the keyboard.
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Keyboard Keys Wish
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
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
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
Today scientists, technologists, businessmen, engineers don’t have any personal responsibility for the consequences of their actions.
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Responsibility Technology Today

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