Bill Joy Quote Explained: That lack of programmability is probably what ultimately will doom vi. It can't extend its domain.

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Sometimes the easiest way to get something done is to be a little naive about it.

- Bill Joy

Computer Scientist

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We have to encourage the future we want rather than trying to prevent the future we fear.

Computer Scientist

Teamwork

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The next step after cheap is free, and after free is disposable.

- Bill Joy

Computer Scientist

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There are always more smart people outside your company than within it.

- Bill Joy

Computer Scientist

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You can’t solve a problem with the management of technology with more technology.

- Bill Joy

Computer Scientist

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Systems are going to get a lot more sophisticated.

- Bill Joy

Computer Scientist

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Operating systems are like underwear — nobody really wants to look at them.

- Bill Joy

Computer Scientist

Underwear

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I think the Macintosh proves that everyone can have a bitmapped display.

- Bill Joy

Computer Scientist

Prove

That lack of programmability is probably what ultimately will doom vi. It can’t extend its domain.

That lack of programmability is probably what ultimately will doom vi. It can’t extend its domain.

Sometimes the easiest way to get something done is to be a little naive about it.

We have to encourage the future we want rather than trying to prevent the future we fear.

The next step after cheap is free, and after free is disposable.

There are always more smart people outside your company than within it.

You can’t solve a problem with the management of technology with more technology.

Systems are going to get a lot more sophisticated.

Operating systems are like underwear — nobody really wants to look at them.

I think the Macintosh proves that everyone can have a bitmapped display.

Sometimes our fate is different from the one we imagined for ourselves.

For it is in our nature to endure patiently the decrees of fate, but not the ill-will of others. Explain

All human actions are equivalent… and all are on principle doomed to failure. Explain

I knew it like destiny, and at the same time, I knew it as choice.

Destiny is a worrying concept. I don’t want to be fated, I want to choose.

For fate may hang on any moment and at any moment be changed.

There is such a thing as fate, but it only takes you so far. Then its up to you to make it happen.

If it’s meant for me, it will be.’ Those words are my mantra in life, and it has never let me down.

That lack of programmability is probably what ultimately will doom vi. It can’t extend its domain.

That lack of programmability is probably what ultimately will doom vi. It can’t extend its domain.

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