Editing Bill Joy (section)

==Sun Microsystems==
In 1982, after the firm had been going for six months, Joy, Sun's sixteenth employee, was brought in with full co-founder status at [[Sun Microsystems]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Hall |first=Mark |author-link= |date=1990 |title=Sunburst: the ascent of Sun Microsystems |url=https://archive.org/details/sunburstascentof00hall |location=Chicago |publisher=Contemporary Books |page=8 |isbn=9780809243686 |quote=he was Sun's sixteenth employee}}</ref> At Sun, Joy was an inspiration for the development of [[Network File System|NFS]], the [[SPARC]] microprocessors,<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NPoFtCGuTs| title = SPARC: The Power of Ideas| website = [[YouTube]]}}</ref> the [[Java (programming language)|Java programming language]], [[Jini]]/[[JavaSpaces]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Bill-Joy|title=Bill Joy {{!}} American software developer and entrepreneur|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en|access-date=2018-12-20}}</ref> and [[JXTA]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Peer to peer : collaboration and sharing over the Internet|first=Bo|last=Leuf|date=2002|publisher=Addison-Wesley|isbn=0201767325|oclc=1058000048}}</ref>

In 1986, Joy was awarded a [[Grace Murray Hopper Award]] by the [[Association for Computing Machinery|ACM]] for his work on the Berkeley UNIX Operating System.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://awards.acm.org/award_winners/joy_6968593| title = 1986 ACM Grace Murray Hopper Award: William Nelson Joy}}</ref>

On September 9, 2003, Sun announced Joy was leaving the company and that he "is taking time to consider his next move and has no definite plans".<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/09/09/bill_joy_leaves_sun/| title = Bill Joy leaves Sun Microsystems| website = [[The Register]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.cnet.com/news/co-founder-joy-to-leave-sun/| title = Co-founder Bill Joy to leave Sun}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.marketwatch.com/story/sun-microsystems-co-founder-bill-joy-to-leave-company| title = Sun Microsystems co-founder Bill Joy to leave company}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Sun-sets-on-pioneer-Bill-Joy-Co-founder-2557959.php| title = Sun sets on pioneer Bill Joy / Co-founder, leading technologist resigns| date = 10 September 2003}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = https://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/10/13/350901/index.htm| title = Bill Joy After Sun With his corporate ties cut, the "Edison of the Net" speaks freely on the challenges facing Sun, the Net, and, of course, Microsoft}}</ref>