ESOC 210 Timeline Project - Steinhaus

By emilysteinhaus

  • William Nelson "Bill" Joy was born

    William Nelson "Bill" Joy was born
    William Nelson Joy was born on November 8, 1954 in
    Farmington Hills, Michigan, U.S.

  • University of Michigan and University of California, Berkeley

    University of Michigan and University of California, Berkeley
    After graduating, he went to the University of California, Berkeley, in 1975 to pursue a master’s degree in electrical engineering and computer science.

  • Bill Joy co-founded Sun Microsystems

    Bill Joy co-founded Sun Microsystems
    Bill Joy co-founded Sun Microsystems in 1982 along with Vinod Khosla, Scott McNealy and Andy Bechtolsheim, and served as chief scientist at the company until 2003.
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    Chief Scientist of Sun Microsystems

    Joy served as chief scientist at the company until 2003

  • Grace Murray Hopper Award

    Joy was awarded a Grace Murray Hopper Award by the ACM for his work on the Berkeley UNIX Operating System.

  • Wrote "Why The Future Doesn't Need Us"

    He wrote the 2000 essay Why The Future Doesn't Need Us, in which he expressed deep concerns over the development of modern technologies.