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

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

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

The point is that you want to have a system that is responsive.
Bill Joy

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

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

The reason I use ed is that I don't want to lose what's on the screen.
Bill Joy

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