Bill Joy Scientist

William Nelson Joy (born November 8, 1954) 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 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.

Personal facts

Bill Joy
Birth dateNovember 08, 1954
Birth place
Farmington Hills Michigan
Education
University of California Berkeley
University of Michigan
Known for
Berkeley Software Distribution

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Scientist

academic advisor
Bob Fabry
awards
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Grace Murray Hopper Award
National Academy of Engineering
Computer History Museum
Field of study
Computer science

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Bill Joy on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://ex-vi.sourceforge.net/viin/paper.html
  2. http://video.mit.edu/watch/the-six-webs-10-years-on-9110
  3. http://www.bigpicture.tv/speakers/bill_joy
  4. http://www.computerhistory.org/events/index.php?id=1120598654
  5. http://www.droppingknowledge.org/bin/user/listitems/answer_view/6439.page
  6. http://www.pbs.org/cringely/nerdtv/shows/#3
  7. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/09/11/bill_joys_greatest_gift