All Bill Joy Quotes
- There are always more smart people outside your company than within it. Company
- That lack of programmability is probably what ultimately will doom vi. It can't extend its domain. Domain
- Interleaf is based on the formatting process. Based
- I think one of the interesting things is that vi is really a mode-based editor. Based
- I think the Macintosh proves that everyone can have a bitmapped display. Bitmapped
- I was surprised about vi going in, though, I didn't know it was in System V. Funny
- I wish we hadn't used all the keys on the keyboard. All
- Interleaf is very nice. I expect there to be a lot of competition for programs like that. Competition
- Systems are going to get a lot more sophisticated. Funny
- The point is that you want to have a system that is responsive. Funny
- The reason I use ed is that I don't want to lose what's on the screen. Inspirational
- Well, limbo is not a good place to be. Good
- 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… Access
- We have to encourage the future we want rather than trying to prevent the future we fear. Encourage
- I think Unix is a great system -- especially for running data centers -- because it is very mature, very reliable, very scalable. But when… Centers
- Just about every computer on the market today runs Unix, except the Mac and nobody cares about it. Care
- The next step after cheap is free, and after free is disposable. Cheap
- What's your personal computer, anyways? Your personal computer should be something that's always on your person. Anyways
- 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… Called
- 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… Albany
- I think the wonderful thing about vi is that it has such a good market share because we gave it away. Gave
- I think the hard thing about all these tools is that it takes a fair amount of effort to become proficient. All
- But with Interleaf I don't even have a spell program. Interleaf
- 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,… Amount
- The fundamental problem with vi is that it doesn't have a mouse and therefore you've got all these commands. All