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There are always more smart people outside your company than within it.

Bill Joy

We have to encourage the future we want rather than trying to prevent the future we fear.
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Teamwork Trying Want
You can’t solve a problem with the management of technology with more technology.
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Life Management Positive Technology
Sometimes the easiest way to get something done is to be a little naive about it.
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Done Littles Way
Take responsibility for the things you build and invent.
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Responsibility Taking Responsibility
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
Although humankind inherently “desires to know”, if open access to, and unlimited development of, knowledge henceforth puts us all in clear danger of extinction, then common sense demands that we re-examine our reverence for knowledge.
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Common Sense Desire Knowledge
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 was surprised about vi going in, though, I didn’t know it was in System V.
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Knows Surprise System
Operating systems are like underwear – nobody really wants to look at them.
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Looks Underwear Want
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
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
There are always more smart people outside your company than within it.
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Company Outside People Smart
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
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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