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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?

Bill Joy

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
But no, I don’t generally have trouble with spelling mistakes.
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Generally Spelling Mistake Trouble
Most of the bright people don’t work for you – no matter who you are.
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Management Matter People
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 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
The point is that you want to have a system that is responsive.
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Responsive System Want
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
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
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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Mirrors Thinking Views
Sometimes the easiest way to get something done is to be a little naive about it.
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Done Littles Way
We have to encourage the future we want rather than trying to prevent the future we fear.
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Teamwork Trying 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
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
Bitmap display is media compatible with dot matrix or laser printers.
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Dots Lasers Media
You can’t solve a problem with the management of technology with more technology.
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Life Management Positive Technology
I think editors have to come out of a certain kind of community.
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Community Editor Thinking

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