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

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?

Interleaf is based on the formatting process.

Document preparation systems will also require large screen displays.

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

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

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.