William Frederick Jolitz
Born(1957-02-22)February 22, 1957
Muskegon, Michigan, U.S.
DiedMarch 2, 2022(2022-03-02) (aged 65)
OccupationSoftware Engineer
Notable workDeveloping the 386BSD operating system

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]

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]

References

  1. ^ Raymond, Eric S. (September 23, 2003). The Art of Unix Programming. Addison-Wesley Professional. p. 41. ISBN 978-0-132-46588-5.
  2. ^ Möller, Udo (March 11, 2020). "The Web Site to Remember National Semiconductor's Series 32000 Family". Retrieved November 14, 2022.
  3. ^ "Lynne Jolitz". Archived from the original on January 20, 2019.
  4. ^ Lynne Greer Jolitz. "Obituary of William Frederick Jolitz". 386bsd.org. Retrieved April 17, 2022.
  5. ^ Cole, Clem (April 8, 2022). "[TUHS] Sad News - we last two wonderful people in the past few weeks". Retrieved April 8, 2022.

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