William Jolitz
Encyclopedia
William Frederick Jolitz (born February 22, 1957), commonly known as Bill Jolitz, is best known for developing the 386BSD
operating system
from 1989 to 1994 along with his wife Lynne Jolitz
.
Jolitz received his BA
in Computer Science
from UC Berkeley.
He and his wife reside in Los Gatos, California
with their children Rebecca, Benjamin and Sarah.
386BSD
386BSD, sometimes called "Jolix", was a free Unix-like operating system based on BSD, first released in 1992. It ran on PC compatible computer systems based on the Intel 80386 microprocessor...
operating system
Operating system
An operating system is a set of programs that manage computer hardware resources and provide common services for application software. The operating system is the most important type of system software in a computer system...
from 1989 to 1994 along with his wife Lynne Jolitz
Lynne Jolitz
Lynne Greer Jolitz is a figure in free software and founded many startups in Silicon Valley with her husband William.Lynne Jolitz is probably most famous for her work in pioneering open source operating systems with 386BSD with her husband...
.
Jolitz received his BA
Bachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...
in Computer Science
Computer science
Computer science or computing science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems...
from UC Berkeley.
He and his wife reside in Los Gatos, California
Los Gatos, California
The Town of Los Gatos is an incorporated town in Santa Clara County, California, United States. The population was 29,413 at the 2010 census. It is located in the San Francisco Bay Area at the southwest corner of San Jose in the foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains...
with their children Rebecca, Benjamin and Sarah.
External links
- William Jolitz - personal website
- The Unknown Hackers - Salon article