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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.
May 8, 2024 · Bill Joy, American software developer, entrepreneur, and cofounder of the computer manufacturer Sun Microsystems. Joy devised a version of the UNIX operating system that placed UNIX servers at the forefront of the Internet revolution.
Dubbed the “Edison of the Internet” by Fortune Magazine, Bill Joy is one of luminaries of tech. Years before personal computers were being widely used, he created software that would enable the rise of the modern internet.
The co-founder of Sun Microsystems, Bill Joy has, in recent years, turned his attention to the biggest questions facing humanity: Where are we going? What could go wrong? What's the next great thing?
Nov 25, 2008 · Bill Joy: What I'm worried about, what I'm excited about. http://www.ted.com Technologist and futurist Bill Joy talks about several big worries for humanity -- and several big hopes in the...
Technologist and futurist Bill Joy talks about several big worries for humanity -- and several big hopes in the fields of health, education and future tech.
With Vinod Khosla, Scott McNealy, and Andreas Bectholsheim, Joy co-founded Sun Microsystems, one of the leading workstation and server companies of the 1980s and 1990s, and a key player in the Internet boom and development of the Web.
Jun 11, 2018 · According to Silicon Valley visionary and Sun Microsystems co-founder Bill Joy, much about the future of energy and climate change hinges on a simple question: How soon can the world’s electric ...
Sep 29, 2005 · Bill Joy, the inventor of Berkeley Unix, the founder of Sun Microsystems, and now a partner at Kleiner Perkins, that most blue-blooded of venture capital firms, is describing a taxonomy for the...
Bill Joy. Co-Founder, Former Chief Scientist, Sun Microsystems; Partner Emeritus, Greentech Venture Group, KPCB. BILL JOY co-founded Sun Microsystems in 1982 along with Vinod Khosla, Scott McNealy, Andy Bechtolsheim, and Vaughan Pratt, and served as chief scientist at the company until 2003.
