Bill Joy Alive
Bill Joy
KindPerson
Born1954
StatusAlive
Fieldoperating systems
Also known asVinod Khosla's partner in Sun
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Led Berkeley Unix (BSD), wrote vi and the C shell, then co-founded Sun Microsystems.
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Worked at Sun Microsystems
Co-founded Sun, wrote BSD Unix's networking and vi, and wrote 'Why the Future Doesn't Need Us' (2000) — the most-argued tech essay of the century.\n\nThe Joy of Unix; NFS and Java's early design are also his.