That lack of programmability is probably what ultimately will doom vi. It can't extend its domain.

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.

There is no private domain of a person's life that is not political, and there is no political issue that is not ultimately personal.

We lost the Supreme Court case, but we're ultimately going to win in changing the way that eminent domain is going to be used in this country.

I'm definitely not a super great guitarist. Ultimately, I just write a lot of love songs.

I think Brandon, given a few years, will be very busy. I can't even begin to tell you. Our schedule is already 100 percent full for speech. We already have a waiting list.