DaveCutler
Last edit November 19, 2014
A respected
OperatingSystem
designer.
Prime Architect of both Digital VAX/VMS (see
VmsOperatingSystem
) and Mica, which was later bought by Microsoft and further developed to become
MicrosoftWindowsNt
.
A respected Operating System designer.
The Digital folks didn't seem to have much respect for him when I worked there in 1996-1997. And it was not just about his jumping ship: there were criticisms of his management style and technical achievements. --
GeorgePaci
See
http://www.rediff.com/chat/mukichat.htm
http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/people/people_17.html
http://www.win2000mag.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=7153
http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mader/delta/deltoidslist/1998-06/msg00051.html
http://www.classiccmp.org/mail-archive/classiccmp/1999-03/1302.html
(
BrokenLink
as of 2003-10-27)
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2000/jul00/07-03engineers2.asp
for a more balanced perspective
And in case that isn't enough don't forget the
DaveCutler
fan club, which was online at
http://home.wt.net/shannonh/
and is still retrievable via
WaybackMachine
at
http://web.archive.org/web/20010907185753/http://home.wt.net/shannonh/
And I spent 6 happy wonderful years at
DigitalEquipmentCorporation
in the eighties (not the MBA influenced 95-96 version when most of the talent had left) and I can say with most certainty that most of our engineers regarded him as a God. VMS had things 20 years ago that most operating systems still haven't achieved. Abrasive, yes, but most geniuses are. Rashid (the
MachMicrokernel
guy) respects him as do most heavy OS designers. That's good enough for me.
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