Brian Fox (computer programmer)
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Brian J. Fox, Santa Barbara, CA 2008
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| Born | December 11, 1959 Boston, Massachusetts |
| 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]
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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, GNU Echo[7] and the readline[8] and history libraries.
He was also the maintainer of GNU Emacs for a time, and made many contributions to the software that was created for the GNU Project between 1986 and 1994.[citation needed]
Other software
Fox also wrote AMACS, a cut down implementation of Emacs for the Apple II series.[9]
Relatives
He is the fourth 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 longtime partner Lissa Liggett and their three children.
He is the son of physicist and educator Herbert Fox[10] and grandson of artist Daniel Fox, creator of the Monopoly Man.[11]
References
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- ↑ The GNU Bash Reference Manual, (HTML version) by Chet Ramey and Brian Fox, ISBN 0-9541617-7-7
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- ↑ 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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