top of page
Quote_1.png
Bill Joy

"I got tired of people complaining that it was too hard to use UNIX because the editor was too complicated."

Standard 
 Customized
"I got tired of people complaining that it was too hard to use UNIX because the editor was too complicated."

Exlpore more People quotes

Quote_1.png
A.E. Samaan

"Often people display a curious respect for a man drunk, rather like the respect of simple races for the insane... There is something awe-inspiring in one who has lost all inhibitions."

Quote_1.png
A.E. Samaan

"The last resort of kings, the cannonball. The last resort of the people, the paving stone."

Quote_1.png
A.E. Samaan

"It is not true that people are naturally equal for no two people can be together for even a half an hour without one acquiring an evident superiority over the other."

Quote_1.png
A.E. Samaan

"There are bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of goodness."

Quote_1.png
A.E. Samaan

"Whatever good things people say of us, they tell us nothing new."

Quote_1.png
A.E. Samaan

"I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal."

Quote_1.png
A.E. Samaan

"There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating - people who know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely nothing."

Quote_1.png
A.E. Samaan

"Stephen King in many respects is a wonderful writer. He has made a contribution. People in the future will be able to pick up Stephen King's books and learn a lot about who we were by reading those books."

Quote_1.png
A.E. Samaan

"We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones."

Quote_1.png
A.E. Samaan

"Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked them."

Explore more quotes by Bill Joy

Quote_1.png
Bill Joy
"The point is that you want to have a system that is responsive."
Quote_1.png
Bill Joy
"Bitmap display is media compatible with dot matrix or laser printers."
Quote_1.png
Bill Joy
"I think editors have to come out of a certain kind of community."
Quote_1.png
Bill Joy
"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."
Quote_1.png
Bill Joy
"I got tired of people complaining that it was too hard to use UNIX because the editor was too complicated."
Quote_1.png
Bill Joy
"But no, I don't generally have trouble with spelling mistakes."
Quote_1.png
Bill Joy
"The fundamental problem with vi is that it doesn't have a mouse and therefore you've got all these commands."
Quote_1.png
Bill Joy
"The reason I use ed is that I don't want to lose what's on the screen."
Quote_1.png
Bill Joy
"Document preparation systems will also require large screen displays."
Quote_1.png
Bill Joy
"That lack of programmability is probably what ultimately will doom vi. It can't extend its domain."
bottom of page