Bill Joy Quotes

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

Tired, Hard, Unix

Bitmap display is media compatible with dot matrix or laser printers.
Bill Joy

Media, Display, Matrix

But no, I don't generally have trouble with spelling mistakes.
Bill Joy

Mistakes, Trouble, Spelling

But with Interleaf I don't even have a spell program.
Bill Joy

Document preparation systems will also require large screen displays.
Bill Joy

Large, Systems, Screen

I had almost rewritten all of the display code for windows, and that was when I gave up.
Bill Joy

Almost, Gave, Windows

I just don't like to lose what's in the window.
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.
Bill Joy

Stupid, Remember, After

I started to write a new editor not too long ago and had it about half done after two days.
Bill Joy

Long, Done, Two

I think editors have to come out of a certain kind of community.
Bill Joy

Community, Editors

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

Everyone, Memory, Wasted

I think multiple levels of undo would be wonderful, too.
Bill Joy

Wonderful, Undo, Multiple

I think one of the interesting things is that vi is really a mode-based editor.
Bill Joy

I think the hard thing about all these tools is that it takes a fair amount of effort to become proficient.
Bill Joy

Hard, Become, Effort

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

Everyone, Display, Macintosh

I think the wonderful thing about vi is that it has such a good market share because we gave it away.
Bill Joy

Good, Away, Wonderful

I was surprised about vi going in, though, I didn't know it was in System V.
Bill Joy

Though, System, Surprised

I wish we hadn't used all the keys on the keyboard.
Bill Joy

Wish, Used, Keys

Interleaf is based on the formatting process.
Bill Joy

Interleaf is very nice. I expect there to be a lot of competition for programs like that.
Bill Joy

Nice, Expect, Programs

It is formatted, and I'm tired of using vi. I get really bored.
Bill Joy

Tired, Bored, Using

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 put some of it into what was then called en, which was really ed with some em features.
Bill Joy

Put, While, Stuff

Systems are going to get a lot more sophisticated.
Bill Joy

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

Lack, Doom, Domain

The fundamental problem with vi is that it doesn't have a mouse and therefore you've got all these commands.
Bill Joy

Problem, Mouse, Commands

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Businessman

Born: November 8, 1954

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