Dave Cutler developed several computer operating systems, namely Microsoft's Windows NT, and Digital Equipment Corporation's RSX-11M, VAXELN, and VMS.
14 Facts About Dave Cutler
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Dave Cutler holds at least 20 patents, and is affiliate faculty in the Computer Science Department at the University of Washington.
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Dave Cutler competed in the Atlantic Championship from 1996 to 2002, scoring a career best of 8th on the Milwaukee Mile in 2000.
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Dave Cutler was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 1994 for the design and engineering of commercially successful operating systems.
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Dave Cutler is a member of Adelphic Alpha Pi Fraternity at Olivet College, Michigan.
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Dave Cutler left DuPont to pursue his interest in computer systems, beginning with Digital Equipment Corporation in 1971.
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Dave Cutler, who was working in DEC's DECwest facility in Bellevue, Washington, was selected to head PRISM, a project to develop the company's RISC machine.
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Dave Cutler thinks Unix is a junk operating program designed by a committee of PhDs.
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Dave Cutler left DEC for Microsoft in October 1988 and led the development of Windows NT.
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Dave Cutler was involved with the Windows XP Pro x64 and Windows Server 2003 SP1 x64 releases.
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Dave Cutler moved to working on Microsoft's Live Platform in August 2006.
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Dave Cutler was awarded the prestigious status of Senior Technical Fellow at Microsoft.
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In January 2012, a spokesperson for Microsoft confirmed that Dave Cutler was no longer working on Windows Azure, and had joined the Xbox team.
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In May 2013, Microsoft announced the Xbox One console, and Dave Cutler was mentioned as having worked in developing the host OS of the new gaming device.