Keith Bostic
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Keith Bostic is a computer programmer from the United States
.
In 1986, Bostic joined the Computer Systems Research Group
(CSRG) at the University of California, Berkeley
. He was one of the principal architects of the Berkeley 4.4BSD and 4.4BSD-Lite releases. Among many other tasks, he led the effort at CSRG to create a free software
version of BSD UNIX, which helped allow the creation of FreeBSD
, NetBSD
and OpenBSD
.
Bostic was also one of the founders of Berkeley Software Design Inc. (BSDi), which produced BSD/OS
, a proprietary version of BSD.
He and wife Margo Seltzer
founded Sleepycat Software
in 1996 to develop and support Berkeley DB
, an open source database. In February 2006, the company was acquired by Oracle Corporation
, where Bostic worked until February 2008.
Bostic is the author of nvi
, a re-implementation of the classic text editor
vi
.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
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In 1986, Bostic joined the Computer Systems Research Group
Computer Systems Research Group
The Computer Systems Research Group was a research group at the University of California, Berkeley that was dedicated to enhancing AT&T Unix operating system and funded by Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.- History :...
(CSRG) at the University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
. He was one of the principal architects of the Berkeley 4.4BSD and 4.4BSD-Lite releases. Among many other tasks, he led the effort at CSRG to create a free software
Free software
Free software, software libre or libre software is software that can be used, studied, and modified without restriction, and which can be copied and redistributed in modified or unmodified form either without restriction, or with restrictions that only ensure that further recipients can also do...
version of BSD UNIX, which helped allow the creation of FreeBSD
FreeBSD
FreeBSD is a free Unix-like operating system descended from AT&T UNIX via BSD UNIX. Although for legal reasons FreeBSD cannot be called “UNIX”, as the direct descendant of BSD UNIX , FreeBSD’s internals and system APIs are UNIX-compliant...
, NetBSD
NetBSD
NetBSD is a freely available open source version of the Berkeley Software Distribution Unix operating system. It was the second open source BSD descendant to be formally released, after 386BSD, and continues to be actively developed. The NetBSD project is primarily focused on high quality design,...
and OpenBSD
OpenBSD
OpenBSD is a Unix-like computer operating system descended from Berkeley Software Distribution , a Unix derivative developed at the University of California, Berkeley. It was forked from NetBSD by project leader Theo de Raadt in late 1995...
.
Bostic was also one of the founders of Berkeley Software Design Inc. (BSDi), which produced BSD/OS
BSD/OS
BSD/OS was a proprietary version of the BSD operating system developed by Berkeley Software Design, Inc. ....
, a proprietary version of BSD.
He and wife Margo Seltzer
Margo Seltzer
Margo Ilene Seltzer is a professor and researcher in computer systems. Currently she is the Herchel Smith Professor of Computer Science and a Harvard College Professor in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University, where she is active in the Systems Research Group.Dr...
founded Sleepycat Software
Sleepycat Software
Sleepycat Software, Inc. was the company primarily responsible for maintaining the Berkeley DB packages from 1996 to 2006.Berkeley DB is a widely used and freely-licensed database software originally developed at the University of California, Berkeley for 4.4BSD Unix, and developers from that...
in 1996 to develop and support Berkeley DB
Berkeley DB
Berkeley DB is a computer software library that provides a high-performance embedded database for key/value data. Berkeley DB is a programmatic software library written in C with API bindings for C++, PHP, Java, Perl, Python, Ruby, Tcl, Smalltalk, and most other programming languages...
, an open source database. In February 2006, the company was acquired by Oracle Corporation
Oracle Corporation
Oracle Corporation is an American multinational computer technology corporation that specializes in developing and marketing hardware systems and enterprise software products – particularly database management systems...
, where Bostic worked until February 2008.
Bostic is the author of nvi
Nvi
nvi is a re-implementation of the classic Berkeley text editor, ex/vi, traditionally distributed with BSD, and later, Unix systems. It was originally distributed as part of the Fourth Berkeley Software Distribution ....
, a re-implementation of the classic text editor
Text editor
A text editor is a type of program used for editing plain text files.Text editors are often provided with operating systems or software development packages, and can be used to change configuration files and programming language source code....
vi
Vi
vi is a screen-oriented text editor originally created for the Unix operating system. The portable subset of the behavior of vi and programs based on it, and the ex editor language supported within these programs, is described by the Single Unix Specification and POSIX.The original code for vi...
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