I wish we hadn’t used all the keys on the keyboard.
BILL JOYWe have to encourage the future we want rather than trying to prevent the future we fear.
More Bill Joy Quotes
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The problem is that those few programmers who crank out code aren’t interested in maintaining it.
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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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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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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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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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Operating systems are like underwear – nobody really wants to look at them.
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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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That lack of programmability is probably what ultimately will doom vi. It can’t extend its domain.
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Most of the bright people don’t work for you – no matter who you are.
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The next step after cheap is free, and after free is disposable.
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There are always more smart people outside your company than within it.
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I started to write a new editor not too long ago and had it about half done after two days.
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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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But no, I don’t generally have trouble with spelling mistakes.
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