black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

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

Bill Joy

I got tired of people complaining that it was too hard to use UNIX because the editor was too complicated.
BILL JOY

Editors People Tired
I think multiple levels of undo would be wonderful, too.
BILL JOY

Levels Thinking Wonderful
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

Couple People Writing
Take responsibility for the things you build and invent.
BILL JOY

Responsibility Taking Responsibility
I think one of the interesting things is that vi is really a mode-based editor.
BILL JOY

Editors Interesting Thinking
We have to encourage the future we want rather than trying to prevent the future we fear.
BILL JOY

Teamwork Trying Want
I think editors have to come out of a certain kind of community.
BILL JOY

Community Editor Thinking
Systems are going to get a lot more sophisticated.
BILL JOY

Lot Sophisticated Systems
The standard definition of AI is that which we don’t understand.
BILL JOY

Computing Definitions Standards
There are always more smart people outside your company than within it.
BILL JOY

Company Outside People Smart
You can’t solve a problem with the management of technology with more technology.
BILL JOY

Life Management Positive Technology
Operating systems are like underwear – nobody really wants to look at them.
BILL JOY

Looks Underwear Want
Bitmap display is media compatible with dot matrix or laser printers.
BILL JOY

Dots Lasers Media
I wish we hadn’t used all the keys on the keyboard.
BILL JOY

Keyboard Keys Wish
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.
BILL JOY

Mirrors Thinking Views
And once an intelligent robot exists, it is only a small step to a robot species – to an intelligent robot that can make evolved copies of itself.
BILL JOY

Intelligent Robots Small Steps

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

Related Topics

Popular Authors

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

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Bill Joy Quotes