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In 1993, the [[USENIX]] Association gave a Lifetime Achievement Award (''Flame'') to the Computer Systems Research Group, honoring 180 individuals, including Bostic, who contributed to the group's 4.4BSD-Lite release. | In 1993, the [[USENIX]] Association gave a Lifetime Achievement Award (''Flame'') to the Computer Systems Research Group, honoring 180 individuals, including Bostic, who contributed to the group's 4.4BSD-Lite release. | ||
Bostic and his wife [[Margo Seltzer]] founded [[Sleepycat Software]] in 1996 to develop and commercialize [[Berkeley DB]], an [[open-source software|open-source]], [[key-value database]]. Sleepycat Software was the first company to develop dual-licensed open-source software. In February 2006, the company was acquired by [[Oracle Corporation]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Oracle Buys Sleepycat, Is JBoss Next?|url=https://www.informationweek.com/oracle-buys-sleepycat-is-jboss-next/180200853|access-date=2021-03-05|website=InformationWeek|date=13 February 2006 |language=en}}</ref> where Bostic worked until 2008. | Bostic and his wife [[Margo Seltzer]] founded [[Sleepycat Software]] in 1996 to develop and commercialize [[Berkeley DB]], an [[open-source software|open-source]], [[key-value database]]. Sleepycat Software was the first company to develop dual-licensed open-source software. In February 2006, the company was acquired by [[Oracle Corporation]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Oracle Buys Sleepycat, Is JBoss Next?|url=https://www.informationweek.com/oracle-buys-sleepycat-is-jboss-next/180200853|access-date=2021-03-05|website=InformationWeek|date=13 February 2006|language=en|archive-date=2013-07-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130730024808/http://www.informationweek.com/oracle-buys-sleepycat-is-jboss-next/180200853|url-status=dead}}</ref> where Bostic worked until 2008. | ||
Bostic and Michael Cahill founded [[WiredTiger]] in 2010 to create a [[NoSQL]] database management system. In November 2014, the company was acquired by [[MongoDB]], which employed Bostic.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/mongodb-snaps-up-wiredtiger-and-its-storage-expert-team/|title=MongoDB snaps up WiredTiger and its storage expert team|last=Wolpe|first=Toby|date=December 16, 2014|work=[[ZDNet]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312040809/https://www.zdnet.com/article/mongodb-snaps-up-wiredtiger-and-its-storage-expert-team/|archive-date=March 12, 2017|url-status=live|access-date=April 29, 2017}}</ref> | Bostic and Michael Cahill founded [[WiredTiger]] in 2010 to create a [[NoSQL]] database management system. In November 2014, the company was acquired by [[MongoDB]], which employed Bostic.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/mongodb-snaps-up-wiredtiger-and-its-storage-expert-team/|title=MongoDB snaps up WiredTiger and its storage expert team|last=Wolpe|first=Toby|date=December 16, 2014|work=[[ZDNet]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312040809/https://www.zdnet.com/article/mongodb-snaps-up-wiredtiger-and-its-storage-expert-team/|archive-date=March 12, 2017|url-status=live|access-date=April 29, 2017}}</ref> | ||
Bostic is the author of [[nvi]]—a re-implementation of the classic [[text editor]] [[vi (text editor)|vi]]—and many other standard BSD and Linux utilities. He is a past member of the [[Association for Computing Machinery]], [[IEEE]], and several [[POSIX]] working groups, and a contributor to POSIX standards.<ref name=bostic-informit>{{cite web|title=Keith Bostic|url= | Bostic is the author of [[nvi]]—a re-implementation of the classic [[text editor]] [[vi (text editor)|vi]]—and many other standard BSD and Linux utilities. He is a past member of the [[Association for Computing Machinery]], [[IEEE]], and several [[POSIX]] working groups, and a contributor to POSIX standards.<ref name=bostic-informit>{{cite web|title=Keith Bostic|url=https://www.informit.com/authors/bio.aspx?a=0A7D090F-7B74-484F-92B8-1A651D3E0A4E|publisher=informit|access-date=19 November 2013}}</ref> | ||
==Publications== | ==Publications== | ||
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Latest revision as of 23:40, 22 October 2025
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Biography
In 1986, Bostic joined the Computer Systems Research Group (CSRG) at the University of California, Berkeley.[1] He was one of the principal architects of the Berkeley 2BSD, 4.4BSD and 4.4BSD-Lite releases.[2] Among many other tasks, he led the effort at CSRG to create a free software version of BSD Unix, which, in turn, enabled the creation of FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD.
Bostic was a founder of Berkeley Software Design Inc. (BSDi),[2] which produced BSD/OS, a proprietary version of BSD.
In 1993, the USENIX Association gave a Lifetime Achievement Award (Flame) to the Computer Systems Research Group, honoring 180 individuals, including Bostic, who contributed to the group's 4.4BSD-Lite release.
Bostic and his wife Margo Seltzer founded Sleepycat Software in 1996 to develop and commercialize Berkeley DB, an open-source, key-value database. Sleepycat Software was the first company to develop dual-licensed open-source software. In February 2006, the company was acquired by Oracle Corporation,[3] where Bostic worked until 2008.
Bostic and Michael Cahill founded WiredTiger in 2010 to create a NoSQL database management system. In November 2014, the company was acquired by MongoDB, which employed Bostic.[4]
Bostic is the author of nvi—a re-implementation of the classic text editor vi—and many other standard BSD and Linux utilities. He is a past member of the Association for Computing Machinery, IEEE, and several POSIX working groups, and a contributor to POSIX standards.[5]
Publications
- M. McKusick, K. Bostic, M. Karels, J. Quarterman: The Design and Implementation of the 4.4BSD Operating System, Addison-Wesley, April 1996, Template:ISBN. French translation published 1997, International Thomson Publishing, Paris, France, Template:ISBN.
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References
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External links
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