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If the pros at Sun had had a chance to fix Java, the world would be a much more pleasant place. This is not secret knowledge. It's just secret to this pop culture.

Alan Kay

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Alan Kay
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: May 17
Computer Scientist
Jazz Guitarist
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Springfield
Massachusetts
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A new friend is new wine, when it grows old, you will enjoy drinking it.
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If you're utopian, you're never satisfied.
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Don't worry about what anybody else is going to do. The best way to predict the future is to invent it.
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