The Open Source theorem says that if you give away source code, innovation will occur. Certainly, Unix was done this way... However, the corollary states that the innovation will occur elsewhere. No matter how many people you hire. So the only way to get close to the state of the art is to give the people who are going to be doing the innovative things the means to do it. That's why we had built-in source code with Unix. Open source is tapping the energy that's out there.

Bill Joy

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Most of the bright people don't work for you - no matter who you... by Bill Joy

Most of the bright people don't work for you - no matter who you are.

management matter people

We have to encourage the future we want rather than trying to pre... by Bill Joy

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

teamwork want trying

Given the incredible power of these new technologies, shouldn't we be asking how we can best coexist with them? And if our own extinction is a likely, or even possible, outcome of our technological development, shouldn't we proceed with great caution?

technological-development technology asking

There are always more smart people outside your company than with... by Bill Joy

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

smart-people smart people

Take responsibility for the things you build and invent. by Bill Joy

Take responsibility for the things you build and invent.

taking-responsibility responsibility

If you stay up late and you have another hour of work to do, you can just stay up another hour later without running into a wall and having to stop. Whereas it might take three or four hours if you start over, you might finish if you just work that extra hour. If you're a morning person, the day always intrudes a fixed amount of time in the future. So it's much less efficient. Which is why I think computer people tend to be night people - because a machine doesn't get sleepy.

wall running morning

The best way to do research is to make a radical assumption and then assume it's true. For me, I use the assumption that object oriented programming is the way to go.

research use way

Sometimes the easiest way to get something done is to be a little... by Bill Joy

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

done littles way

Although humankind inherently "desires to know", if open access to, and unlimited development of, knowledge henceforth puts us all in clear danger of extinction, then common sense demands that we re-examine our reverence for knowledge.

common-sense desire knowledge

Interleaf is based on the formatting process. by Bill Joy

Interleaf is based on the formatting process.

process

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

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

editors interesting thinking

A bomb is blown up only once—but one bot can become many, and qui... by Bill Joy

A bomb is blown up only once—but one bot can become many, and quickly get out of control.

bombs

Operating systems are like underwear — nobody really wants to loo... by Bill Joy

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

underwear want looks

I had almost rewritten all of the display code for windows, and t... by Bill Joy

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

gave-up code window

The standard definition of AI is that which we don't understand. by Bill Joy

The standard definition of AI is that which we don't understand.

computing standards definitions

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

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

knows

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

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

keyboards keys wish

Just about every computer on the market today runs Unix, except t... by Bill Joy

Just about every computer on the market today runs Unix, except the Mac and nobody cares about it.

care running today

Not all smart people work at Sun Microsystems. by Bill Joy

Not all smart people work at Sun Microsystems.

smart sun people

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

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

lasers dots media