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We have to encourage the future we want rather than trying to prevent the future we fear.

Bill Joy

Just about every computer on the market today runs Unix, except the Mac and nobody cares about it.
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Care Running Today
Well, limbo is not a good place to be.
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Good Limbo Place Wells
Today scientists, technologists, businessmen, engineers don’t have any personal responsibility for the consequences of their actions.
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Responsibility Technology Today
I think one of the interesting things is that vi is really a mode-based editor.
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Editors Interesting Thinking
Most of the bright people don’t work for you – no matter who you are.
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Management Matter People
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
You can’t solve a problem with the management of technology with more technology.
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Life Management Positive Technology
Interleaf is very nice. I expect there to be a lot of competition for programs like that.
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Competition Nice Program
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 standard definition of AI is that which we don’t understand.
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Computing Definitions Standards
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
Sometimes the easiest way to get something done is to be a little naive about it.
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Done Littles Way
Operating systems are like underwear – nobody really wants to look at them.
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Looks Underwear Want
I wish we hadn’t used all the keys on the keyboard.
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Keyboard Keys Wish
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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