For William Joy (fl. 1329–1348), the English architect of the Decorated Gothic style, see William Joy.
Bill Joy
Joy at World Economic Forum (Davos), 2003-01
Born
William Nelson Joy
(1954-11-08) November 8, 1954 (age 69)
Farmington Hills, Michigan, U.S.
Alma mater
University of Michigan (BS) University of California, Berkeley (MS)
Known for
BSD • vi • csh • chroot • TCP/IP driver • co-founder of Sun Microsystems • Java • SPARC • Solaris • NFS • Why The Future Doesn't Need Us
Children
2
Awards
ACM Grace Murray Hopper Award (1986)
Elected to National Academy of Engineering (1999)
Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1999)
Fellow of the Computer History Museum (2011)
Scientific career
Fields
Computer science
Academic advisors
Bob Fabry
William Nelson Joy (born November 8, 1954) is an American computer engineer and venture capitalist. He co-founded Sun Microsystems in 1982 along with Scott McNealy, Vinod Khosla, and Andy Bechtolsheim, and served as Chief Scientist and CTO at the company until 2003.
He played an integral role in the early development of BSD UNIX while being a graduate student at Berkeley,[1] 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.
Joy was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering (1999) for contributions to operating systems and networking software.[2]
^"ACM author profile page: William Nelson Joy".
^"Bill Joy, Sun Microsystems Ceo, To Speak At Institute For Advanced Study - Press Release | Institute for Advanced Study". www.ias.edu. 2009-06-10. Retrieved 2022-10-16.
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