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Interleaf is very nice. I expect there to be a lot of competition for programs like that.

Bill Joy

Today scientists, technologists, businessmen, engineers don’t have any personal responsibility for the consequences of their actions.
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Responsibility Technology Today
Take responsibility for the things you build and invent.
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Responsibility Taking Responsibility
I started to write a new editor not too long ago and had it about half done after two days.
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Ago Editor Long Writing
But no, I don’t generally have trouble with spelling mistakes.
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Generally Spelling Mistake Trouble
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
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
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
The next step after cheap is free, and after free is disposable.
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Disposable Next Steps Selling
I wish we hadn’t used all the keys on the keyboard.
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Keyboard Keys Wish
Bitmap display is media compatible with dot matrix or laser printers.
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Dots Lasers Media
There are always more smart people outside your company than within it.
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Company Outside People Smart
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
Operating systems are like underwear – nobody really wants to look at them.
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Looks Underwear Want
Interleaf is very nice. I expect there to be a lot of competition for programs like that.
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Competition Nice Program
That lack of programmability is probably what ultimately will doom vi. It can’t extend its domain.
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Domain Doom Fate
Systems are going to get a lot more sophisticated.
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Lot Sophisticated Systems

Interleaf is very nice. I expect there to be a lot of competition for programs like that.

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Interleaf is very nice. I expect there to be a lot of competition for programs like that.

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