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American software programmer (1957–2022) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
William Frederick Jolitz (February 22, 1957 – March 2, 2022), commonly known as Bill Jolitz, was an American software engineer best known for developing the 386BSD operating system from 1989 to 1994 along with his wife Lynne Jolitz.[1]
William Frederick Jolitz | |
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Born | Muskegon, Michigan, U.S. | February 22, 1957
Died | March 2, 2022 65) | (aged
Occupation | Software Engineer |
Notable work | Developing the 386BSD operating system |
Before 386BSD, Bill Jolitz designed the Symmetric 375[2] with an NSC 16032 (NS32000) CPU running 4.2BSD. His own Symmetric Computer Systems sold them from 1987 until 1988.
Jolitz received his BA in Computer Science from UC Berkeley.
He and his wife resided in Los Gatos, California.[3]
On March 2, 2022, Jolitz died from sarcoma.[4] His death was announced on April 8, 2022, on The Unix Heritage Society (TUHS) mailing list.[5]
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