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Bill Joy
American computer engineer (born )
For William Joy (fl.
Bill joy biography summary of winston churchill
–), the English architect of the Decorated Gothic style, see William Joy.
William Nelson Joy (born November 8, ) is an American computer engineer and venture capitalist. He co-founded Sun Microsystems in along with Scott McNealy, Vinod Khosla, and Andy Bechtolsheim, and served as Chief Scientist and CTO at the company until
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 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 () for contributions to operating systems and networking software.[2]
Early career
Joy was born in the Detroit suburb of Farmington Hills, Michigan, to William Joy, a school vice-principal and counselor,