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Bill Joy Quotes
Bill Joy
American
Businessman
Born:
Nov 8
,
1954
About
Display
Really
Think
Want
Wonderful
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I think multiple levels of undo would be wonderful, too.
Bill Joy
Wonderful
Think
Too
Would
Would-Be
Undo
Multiple
Levels
Well, limbo is not a good place to be.
Bill Joy
Good
Good Place
Well
Limbo
Place
I wish we hadn't used all the keys on the keyboard.
Bill Joy
Wish
Keyboard
Keys
Used
I had almost rewritten all of the display code for windows, and that was when I gave up.
Bill Joy
Gave
Windows
Had
Almost
Up
Rewritten
Display
Code
The fundamental problem with vi is that it doesn't have a mouse and therefore you've got all these commands.
Bill Joy
You
Problem
Got
Commands
Mouse
Therefore
Fundamental
I think the wonderful thing about vi is that it has such a good market share because we gave it away.
Bill Joy
Good
Wonderful
Think
Gave
Market
Market Share
About
Share
Because
Wonderful Thing
Away
Thing
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.
Bill Joy
Memory
Own
Think
Back
Everyone
Systems
Had
Shared
Performance
Because
Years
Lot
Huge
Huge Amounts
Labs
Expensive
Being
Wasted
Amount
Copy
The reason I use ed is that I don't want to lose what's on the screen.
Bill Joy
Lose
Screen
Want
Use
Reason
I just don't like to lose what's in the window.
Bill Joy
Lose
Window
Like
Just
Interleaf is very nice. I expect there to be a lot of competition for programs like that.
Bill Joy
Competition
Nice
Programs
Like
Lot
Very
Expect
Interleaf is based on the formatting process.
Bill Joy
Process
Based
But with Interleaf I don't even have a spell program.
Bill Joy
Spell
Even
Program
But no, I don't generally have trouble with spelling mistakes.
Bill Joy
Trouble
Mistakes
Spelling
Generally
Bitmap display is media compatible with dot matrix or laser printers.
Bill Joy
Printers
Matrix
Dot
Display
Media
Compatible
Laser
Document preparation systems will also require large screen displays.
Bill Joy
Will
Preparation
Systems
Also
Document
Screen
Require
Large
The point is that you want to have a system that is responsive.
Bill Joy
You
System
Responsive
Point
Want
I think the hard thing about all these tools is that it takes a fair amount of effort to become proficient.
Bill Joy
Become
Think
Tools
About
Takes
Fair
Fair Amount
Effort
Hard
Hard Thing
Proficient
Thing
Amount
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