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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.
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| Bill Joy | Academic advisors | Bob Fabry | 1.00 | infobox |
| Bill Joy | Born | William Nelson Joy (1954-11-08) November 8, 1954 (age 71) Farmington Hills, Michigan, U.S. | 1.00 | infobox |
| Bill Joy | Children | 2 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Bill Joy | Education | University of Michigan (BS) University of California, Berkeley (MS) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Bill Joy | Fields | Computer science | 1.00 | infobox |
| Bill Joy | Known for | BSD • vi • csh • chroot • TCP/IP driver • co-founder of Sun Microsystems • Java • SPARC • Solaris • NFS • Why The Future Doesn't Need Us | 1.00 | infobox |
| technological-singularity thinker Ray Kurzweil | instance of | This stance of broad relinquishment was criticized by technologists | 0.80 | text |
| who instead advocates fine-grained relinquishment | instance of | This stance of broad relinquishment was criticized by technologists | 0.80 | text |
| ethical guidelines | instance of | This stance of broad relinquishment was criticized by technologists | 0.80 | text |
| Bill Joy | related to External links | TEDAppearances | 0.60 | section |
| Bill Joy | related to External links | C-SPANAn Introduction | 0.60 | section |
| Bill Joy | related to External links | Display Editing | 0.60 | section |
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