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Application Quote by Ted Nelson

“Right now you are a prisoner of each application you use. You have only the options that were given you by the developer of that application.” quote by Ted Nelson — Download Open image

“Right now you are a prisoner of each application you use. You have only the options that were given you by the developer of that application.”

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The problem is not software 'friendliness'. It is conceptual clarity. A globe does not say, 'good morning'. It is simple and clear, not 'friendly'.

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Power corrupts, and obsolete power corrupts obsoletely.

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So, I was always frustrated having to write and having to cut things. Why should you have to cut anything?

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Telling computer guys that they need to have permission to quote things is like having to tell little children about Death.

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In my second year in graduate school, I took a computer course and that was like lightening striking.

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The technicalities matter a lot, but the unifying vision matters more.

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