Bill Joy
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Bill Joy is an American computer scientist and software engineer best known as a co-founder of Sun Microsystems and a key developer of the Unix-based BSD operating system and the vi text editor.
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| instanceOf |
Sun Microsystems co-founder
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computer scientist → entrepreneur → human → software engineer → |
| academicDegree |
Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering
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Master of Science in electrical engineering and computer science → |
| awarded | Grace Murray Hopper Award → |
| coFounded | Sun Microsystems → |
| contributedTo |
Berkeley Fast File System integration
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TCP/IP implementation in BSD → |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America → |
| designed | aspects of SunOS → |
| developed |
C shell enhancements in BSD
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early BSD Unix distributions → vi text editor → |
| educatedAt |
University of California, Berkeley
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University of Michigan → |
| employer | Sun Microsystems → |
| familyName | Joy → |
| fieldOfWork |
computer science
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networking → operating systems → programming languages → software engineering → |
| givenName | William → |
| knownFor |
co-founding Sun Microsystems
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contributions to Unix networking → creating the vi text editor → key role in BSD Unix development → technology futurism and essays on technological risk → |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English → |
| memberOf | National Academy of Engineering → |
| name | Bill Joy → |
| notableIdea | concerns about risks from advanced technologies → |
| notableWork |
BSD
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surface form: "BSD Unix"
BSD →
surface form: "Berkeley Software Distribution"
NFS → SunOS → vi text editor → |
| occupation |
businessperson
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computer scientist → software engineer → |
| positionHeld | chief scientist at Sun Microsystems → |
| publishedIn | Wired magazine → |
| sexOrGender | male → |
| wrote | Why the future doesn’t need us → |
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