Bill Joy

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

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.

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

I would've done anything to work with Satyajit Ray.

Now, what that means is that there is fundamental indeterminacy from quantum mechanics, but besides that there are other sources of effective indeterminacy.

The only thing I command is respect.