[Info-vax] Dave Cutler, Prism, DEC, Microsoft, etc.

[Richard B. Gilbert]

Rich Alderson wrote:
> koehler at eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org (Bob Koehler) writes:
> 
>>    I recall statments from Culter that VMS -> WNT naming similar to
>>    IBM -> HAL was intentional.  But then I also recall statements that 
>>    Culter only worked on the I/O subsystem of each, and being familiar 
>>    with device drivers in both I can see familiarity, not code, not even 
>>    the same API.  I'm under the impression that Culter offered to do a
>>    VMS-like well compartmented design to Bill Gates and was turned down.
> 
>>    People who know the Windows kernel much better than I care to have
>>    said the similarity is soley within Culter's I/O subsystem.
> 
> The man's name is _Cutler_.
> 

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