Brian Fox (programmer)
Brian Jhan Fox | |
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Fox in 2008 | |
| Born | December 11, 1959 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
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| Employer(s) | Opus Logica, Inc. |
| Known for | GNU Bash |
| Relatives | Donal Fox (brother) |
Brian Jhan Fox (born 1959) is an American computer programmer and free software advocate. He is the original author of the GNU Bash shell, which he announced as a beta in June 1989. He continued as the primary maintainer of Bash until at least early 1993. Fox also built the first interactive online banking software in the U.S. for Wells Fargo in 1995, and he created an open source election system in 2008.