Berny Goodheart is a computer scientist and author. He is best known for his books about the Unix operating system. He has also worked extensively with the Unix kernel, particularly porting it to new hardware platforms.

He started working with Unix in 1977. He emigrated to Australia in 1987 and initially worked for NEC before moving to Tandem Computers, which became part of Compaq and is now part of Hewlett-Packard. He returned to Britain in 1996 and currently works for Sun Microsystems as Project Manager and Chief Technical Architect for project Janus: an in-kernel Linux binary emulation and compatibility layer for Solaris 10 x86 and AMD64.

He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in the discipline of Computer Science by Associate Professor John Lions, University of New South Wales, Australia, for his work The Magic Garden Explained (1995) which outlines the history of Unix and its Australian connection.

Bibliography

• Unix Curses Explained (Prentice-Hall, 1991; ISBN 0-13-931957-3)
• The Magic Garden Explained: the internals of UNIX System V Release 4: an open systems design (Prentice-Hall, 1994; hardback ISBN 0-13-098138-9)
• Reise Durch Den Zaubergarten: Unix System V Release 4: (Prentice-Hall, 1994; ISBN 3-930436-05-1)
• The Magic Garden Explained Solutions Manual: (Prentice-Hall, 1995; hardback ISBN 0-13-207556-3)
• Oz Internet: a guide to connecting to the Internet in Australia: (Prentice-Hall Australia, 1995; ISBN 0-7248-0905-8)
• Oz Internet Revised and Expanded: (Prentice-Hall Australia, 1996; ISBN 0-7248-0910-4)
• The Magic Garden Explained: Japan Edition: (Prentice-Hall, 1997; ISBN 4-931356-04-4)
• Sekrety Magicznego Ogrodu: Unix System V Wersja 4 od srodka: (Prentice-Hall, 2001; ISBN 83-204-2583-2)
• Sekrety Magicznego Ogrodu: Klucz Do Zadan: (Prentice-Hall, 2001; ISBN 83-204-2584-0)