A bomb is blown up only once-but one bot can become many, and quickly get out of control.
BILL JOYWell, limbo is not a good place to be.
More Bill Joy Quotes
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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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The standard definition of AI is that which we don’t understand.
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That lack of programmability is probably what ultimately will doom vi. It can’t extend its domain.
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There are always more smart people outside your company than within it.
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Just about every computer on the market today runs Unix, except the Mac and nobody cares about it.
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I think one of the interesting things is that vi is really a mode-based editor.
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Operating systems are like underwear – nobody really wants to look at them.
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I was surprised about vi going in, though, I didn’t know it was in System V.
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Systems are going to get a lot more sophisticated.
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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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I think multiple levels of undo would be wonderful, too.
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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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Well, limbo is not a good place to be.
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I wish we hadn’t used all the keys on the keyboard.
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I think editors have to come out of a certain kind of community.
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