Bill Joy

Joy in 2003 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, 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. Provided by Wikipedia
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    Why the future doesn't need us in the previous essay, Kurzweil paints an optimistic perspective on the potential of technology for transforming the world as we know it. In this essay, Bill Joy, Chief Scientist for Sun and one of the leaders of the Internet revolution, takes a darker view. While sharing Kurzweil's view of the trajectory we are on, Joy finds much more cause for concern. The horrors of The Matrix are only one of a range on potential nightmares ...

    Why the future doesn't need us in the previous essay, Kurzweil paints an optimistic perspective on the potential of technology for transforming the world as we know it. In this ess... by Joy, Bill

    Published 2003
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    Java, die Sprachspezifikation

    Java, die Sprachspezifikation by Gosling, James 1955-, Joy, Bill, Steele, Guy L.

    Published 1997
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    Java die Sprachspezifikation ; [auch gültig für Version 1.1]

    Java die Sprachspezifikation ; [auch gültig für Version 1.1] by Gosling, James 1955-, Joy, Bill, Steele, Guy

    Published 1997
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    The Java language specification

    The Java language specification by Gosling, James 1955-, Joy, Bill, Steele, Guy

    Published 1996
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    Künstliches Bewußtsein, Biotechnologie, Robotik

    Künstliches Bewußtsein, Biotechnologie, Robotik by Joy, Bill

    Published 2002
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