Bob Scheifler

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Robert William Scheifler (born 1954) is a computer scientist. He is most notable for leading the development of the X Window System from the project's inception in 1984 until the closure of the MIT X Consortium in 1996. He later became one of the architects of the Jini architecture at Sun Microsystems.

Bob has stated that his goal in developing the X Window System was to raise the floor in windowing systems for the entire market,^{[citation needed]} and despite its early adoption primarily by commercial players with proprietary extensions, X ended up as a standard, open system. X is an important part of Linux to this day.

Scheifler holds a B.S. in Mathematics and an M.S. in computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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NAME	Scheifler, Bob
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SHORT DESCRIPTION	computer scientist
DATE OF BIRTH	1954
PLACE OF BIRTH	Kirkwood, Missouri
DATE OF DEATH
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