Brian Fox (computer programmer)
Brian Fox | |
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Brian J. Fox, Santa Barbara, CA 2008 | |
Born |
Boston, Massachusetts | December 11, 1959
Residence | Santa Barbara, CA |
Nationality | American |
Other names | bfox |
Occupation | Technologist, author |
Employer | Opus Logica, Inc. |
Website | |
http://opuslogica.com/ |
Brian J. Fox (born 1959) is an American computer programmer, entrepreneur,[1] consultant, author, and free software advocate. He was the original author of the GNU Bash shell, which he announced as a beta in June 1989.[2] He continued as the primary maintainer of bash until at least early 1993.[3][4]
Free Software Foundation (FSF)
In 1985 Fox worked with Richard Stallman at Stallman's newly created Free Software Foundation.[5] At the FSF, Fox authored GNU Bash,[6] GNU Makeinfo, GNU Info, GNU Finger, and the readline[7] and history libraries.
He was also the maintainer of Emacs for a time, and made many contributions to the software that was created for the GNU Project between 1986 and 1994.
Relatives
He is the 4th born in a family of 6 siblings, composer and musician Donal Fox, Thaddeus Fox, sister Ena Fox, Daniel Fox and sister Sara Fox-Ray. He lives in Santa Barbara with long time partner Lissa Liggett and their three children. He is the son of physicist and educator Herbert Fox.[8] and grandson of artist Daniel Fox creator of the Monopoly Man [9]
References
- ↑ "Virtual World Computing". Virtual World Computing (VWC). Retrieved September 11, 2011.
- ↑ Brian Fox (forwarded by Leonard H. Tower Jr.) (June 7, 1989). "Bash is in beta release!". Newsgroup: gnu.announce. Usenet: 8906080235.AA01983@wheat-chex.ai.mit.edu. Retrieved October 28, 2010.
- ↑ len (g...@prep.ai.mit.edu) (April 20, 1993). "January 1993 GNU's Bulletin". Newsgroup: gnu.announce. Usenet: gnusenet930421bulletin@prep.ai.mit.edu. Retrieved October 28, 2010.
- ↑ Chet Ramey (October 31, 2010), Dates in your Computerworld interview, retrieved October 31, 2010
- ↑ http://www.plaxo.com/directory/profile/64426373020/9da0f414/Brian/Fox
- ↑ The GNU Bash Reference Manual, (HTML version) by Chet Ramey and Brian Fox, ISBN 0-9541617-7-7
- ↑ The GNU Readline Page, by Chet Ramey and Brian Fox
- ↑ http://www.uml.edu/Sciences/physics/Adjunct/Fox-Herbert.aspx
- ↑ Assoc. of Game and Puzzle Collectors Quarterly www.AGPC.ORG summer 2013 Vol.15 No. 2. Page 18. Meet Dan Fox-- The Artist Who Created "Mr. Monopoly" by Philip E.Orbanes
External links
- Bourne Shell Scripting at Wikibooks
- The BuddyCast Protocol, by Mel Beckman, Denison Bollay, and Brian Fox
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