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Brian Fox (programmer)

Brian Jhan Fox (born 1959) is an American computer programmer and free software advocate. He is the original author of the GNU Bash shell, which he announced as a beta in June 1989. He continued as the primary maintainer of Bash until at least early 1993. Fox also built the first interactive online banking software in the U.S. for Wells Fargo in 1995…

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Free Software Foundation

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Open source election systems

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Known for
GNU Bash
Born
(1959-12-11) December 11, 1959 (age 66) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Employer
abk labs
Occupations
Computer programmer · technologist · author
Relatives
Donal Fox (brother)

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Brian Fox (programmer)

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Brian Fox (programmer) → author, Computer programmer, technologist
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Brian Fox (programmer) → (1959-12-11) December 11, 1959 (age 66) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
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Brian Fox (programmer) → abk labs
Known for · 1
Brian Fox (programmer) → GNU Bash
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Brian Fox (programmer) → Donal Fox (brother)

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