Dave Cutler

Dave Cutler (born March 13, 1942) is a noted software engineer, designer and developer of several operating systems including the RSX-11, VMS and VAXELN systems of Digital Equipment Corporation and Windows NT from Microsoft.

Quotation

• "VMS and its RSX ancestors all the way back to IAS, I believe, have had a FoRK Queue, the source of at least 3% of Internals humor." Usenet FoRK discussion list.
• "I have many fond memories of how RSX-11M took shape, I had a rubber stamp made that proclaimed 'Size Is the Goal' and proceeded to stamp every last bit of correspondence to make sure that all the programmers and project managers understood" -- David Cutler
• "Little did I know that I would be fortunate enough to develop several operating systems in my lifetime; developing one is a rare opportunity for anyone." -- David Cutler
• "If any of you break this build, your ass is grass, and I'm the lawnmower." -- David Cutler to his programmers during the development of NT
• "I won't pollute it with crap!" -- Cutler to Bill Gates, upon being told that NT was to have an OS/2 "personalilty" as an alternative front-end.