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.
"William Nelson Joy" is an American computer scientist. Joy co-founded Sun Microsystems in 1982 along with Vinod Khosla, Scott McNealy and Andreas von Bechtolsheim, and served as chief scientist at the company until 2003. He played an integral role in the early development of BSD UNIX while a graduate student at University of California, Berkeley/Berkeley, and he is the original author of the vi text editor. He also wrote the 2000 essay "Why the Future Doesn't Need Us", in which he expressed deep concerns over the development of modern technologies.
If you enjoy these quotes, be sure to check out other famous businessmen! More Bill Joy on Wikipedia.Jini's different from personal computers because Jini's simple. It's only 35,000 lines of code.
We envision a world of personal networking where Jini is the infrastructure.
Just about every computer on the market today runs Unix, except the Mac (and nobody cares about it).
The next step after cheap is free, and after free is disposable.
What's your personal computer, anyway? Your personal computer should be something that's always on your person.
[Kurzweil admits the potential perils of a cyborgian future. He cites the 2000 essay,] Why the Future Doesn't Need Us, ... We are being propelled into this new century with no plan, no control, no brakes.
Jini is different from the PC because there's no central control, no monopolist pulling the strings.
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