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

[John Reagan]

"FredK" <fred.nospam at dec.com> wrote in message 
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> As a human being, people love or hate Dave - and that goes for people who 
> worked for him or with him.  On the other hand, as an OS architect this 
> guy was at the core of RSX, VMS and NT.  That isn't to say it was a one 
> man show.  But the guy has made major contributions as an 
> engineer/architect to OS's - these are real accomplishments at a level 
> that only a handful of people can make claims of being even close.

Actually, while Dave as the Alpha-male of the group, I would say that Dick 
Hustvedt, Rich Grove, and Andy Goldstein had a better longterm influence on 
the functionality and stability of the OpenVMS systems of today.

John (who only met Dave once but heards LOTS of stories eating lunch with 
Rich and Andy over the years)