Bill Joy quotes - page 2

I just don't like to lose what's in the window. (Bill Joy)
The reason I use ed is that I don't want to lose what's on the screen. View quote
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We have to encourage the future we want rather than trying to prevent the future we fear. View quote
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There are always more smart people outside your company than within it. View quote
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Sometimes the easiest way to get something done is to be a little naive about it. View quote
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Take responsibility for the things you build and invent. View quote
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Today scientists, technologists, businessmen, engineers don't have any personal responsibility for the consequences of their actions. View quote
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The next step after cheap is free, and after free is disposable. View quote
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Just about every computer on the market today runs Unix, except the Mac and nobody cares about it. View quote
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The standard definition of AI is that which we don't understand. View quote
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But with Interleaf I don't even have a spell program. (Bill Joy)
I think it killed the performance on a lot of the systems in the Labs for years because everyone had their own copy of it, but it wasn't being shared, and so they wasted huge amounts of memory back when memory was expensive. View quote
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I think the wonderful thing about vi is that it has such a good market share because we gave it away. View quote
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The fundamental problem with vi is that it doesn't have a mouse and therefore you've got all these commands. View quote
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So Chuck and I looked at that and we hacked on em for a while, and eventually we ripped the stuff out of em and put some of it into what was then called en, which was really ed with some em features. View quote
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I remember right after Carter got elected, I was sitting in my apartment in Albany, CA, on a Saturday listening to people call Carter and ask stupid questions while I designed the screen editor. View quote
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As far as I know we also almost bought Apple once. We almost merged with Apple two other times. View quote
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What's your personal computer, anyways Your personal computer should be something that's always on your person. View quote
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Bill Joy

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Occupation: American Businessman
Born: November 8, 1954
Quotes count: 43

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