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Robert William Scheifler
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| Born | (1954-06-24) June 24, 1954 (age 70)
Kirkwood, Missouri, U.S.
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| Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Known for | X Window System, Jini |
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| Fields | Computer science |
Robert William Scheifler (born June 24, 1954) is an American computer scientist. He was born in Kirkwood, Missouri. 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.[1] He later became one of the architects of the Jini architecture at Sun Microsystems.[2]
Scheifler holds a B.S. in Mathematics and an M.S. in computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[citation needed]
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