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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.

Bill Joy

The next step after cheap is free, and after free is disposable.
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Disposable Next Steps Selling
A bomb is blown up only once-but one bot can become many, and quickly get out of control.
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Bombs Control Quickly
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
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
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 multiple levels of undo would be wonderful, too.
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Levels Thinking Wonderful
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
I just don’t like to lose what’s in the window.
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Like Loses Window
Operating systems are like underwear – nobody really wants to look at them.
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Looks Underwear Want
We have to encourage the future we want rather than trying to prevent the future we fear.
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Teamwork Trying Want
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
Well, limbo is not a good place to be.
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Good Limbo Place Wells
There are always more smart people outside your company than within it.
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Company Outside People Smart
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
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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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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