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

[Bob Eager]

On Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:02:33 -0500, Richard B. Gilbert wrote:

> 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_.
>> 
>> 
> It's not easy being dylsexic!

Actually....Culter....cult....it sorta works...

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