Steve Bourne is internationally known for his work on the UNIX operating system.
During his career he spent 20 years in senior engineering management positions at computer systems and networking companies.
These included Cisco Systems, Sun Microsystems, Digital Equipment and Silicon Graphics.
Since 2000 he has been Chief Technology Officer at El Dorado Ventures (now Rally Ventures) in Menlo Park, California

Upcoming
The Design of Unix Shell, Stephen R. Bourne

2026-05-13 @ 18:45 local (22:45 UTC) - Backroom of Brass Monkey 55 Little West 12th St

Remote participation: Plans are to stream via NYC*BUG website.

Q&A will be via IRC on libera.chat channel #nycbug - please preface your questions with '[Q]'.

We’re looking at having a “fireside chat” with Stephen R. Bourne, covering everything from shell to its design decisions, and the relevance today.


Some relevant reading for the meeting might be Stephen’s 1978 piece in The Bell System Technical Journal entitled “UNIX Time-Sharing System: The UNIX Shell.”


https://www.nycbug.org/