Bill Joy At-a-Glance
Who: Chief scientist and co-founder of Sun.
What: Joy contributed to Solaris software and SPARC microprocessor design as well as Java, Jini, and JXTA technologies.
Background: Before joining Sun, Joy was the designer of the Berkeley version of the UNIX operating system and pioneered the "open source" concept.
Affiliations: A member of the National Academy of Engineering, Joy has 44 patents, issued or in progress. He holds a master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the University of California at Berkeley.

Some comments from others:

 

"Bill will continue to be an inspiration to all innovators."
-- Scott McNealy (CNET, 9/10/03)

 

"I've always thought of Bill Joy as the finest computer scientist of his generation."
-- Eric Schmidt, chief executive, Google (New York Times, 9/10/03)

 

"It would be hard to overstate his importance to the Internet."
-- Jean Bozman, IDC (Reuters, 9/10/03)