Bob Scheifler
American computer scientist (born 1954) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Robert William Scheifler (born June 24, 1954) is an American computer scientist. He was born in Kirkwood, Missouri. He is most notable for leading the development of the X Window System from the project's inception in 1984 until the closure of the MIT X Consortium in 1996.[1] He later became one of the architects of the Jini architecture at Sun Microsystems.[2]
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Robert William Scheifler | |
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Born | (1954-06-24) June 24, 1954 (age 70) Kirkwood, Missouri, U.S. |
Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Known for | X Window System, Jini |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Computer science |
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Scheifler holds a B.S. in Mathematics and an M.S. in computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[citation needed]