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Birth
Bill Joy was born in Farmington Hills, Michigan -
Graduated College
Bill graduated from Univeristy of Michigan in Ann Arbor -
Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD)
Bill Joy created the Berkeley Software Distribution. This distributed the Berkeley UNIX’s source code for free and let other programmers to use the software -
Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).
Bill received funding from the government to help create a software the would link to the ARPANET, the precursor to the internet. They also received a bid to work for the Pentagon after creating the software. -
Became co-founder of Sun Microsystems
Joy helped developed NFS, the SPARC microprocessors, the Java programming language, Jini/JavaSpaces and JXTA. -
Received the ACM Grace Murray Hopper Award
The award goes to a computer professional who makes a single, significant technical or service contribution at or before age 35. -
UltraSPARC
Bill helped design the processor the for the UltraSPARC-I. It was one of the most advanced processors at the time. -
cochairman of the Presidential Information Technology Advisory Committee
Appointed by President Clinton cochairman of the Presidential Information Technology Advisory Committee -
Co-founded HighBAR Ventures
This was a venture capital firm that he and two of his Sun colleagues founded. It known today as HighBAR Partners -
Elected to National Academy of Engineering
The NAE operates engineering programs aimed at meeting national needs. They also encourage education and research, while still recognizing the superior achievements of engineers -
Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences is one of the oldest learned societies in the United States. It is devoted to the advancement and study of the key social, scientific, and intellectual issues of the day. -
Published Why The Future Doesn't Need Us in Wired Magazine
This brought attention to Bill because in the article he explained that the growing advanced in genetic engineering would bring major risk to humanity -
Joy leaves Sun Microsystems
Joy leaves the company with no definite plans -
Named partner for Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Joy made several investments in the green energy industry -
Inducted into the Computer History Museum
He was inducted for his work on the Berkeley Software Distribution, Unix system and the co-founding of Sun Microsystems.
