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Comment by pydry | Hacker News Reader

Dave Cutler doesn't get nearly enough credit for turning Microsoft around.

I don't think it's a coincidence that he was at the helm for two of the most technologically advanced and successful product lines (NT 4.0 and azure).

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At some point, I hope such hidden heroes get their success outspoken more publicly: Dave cutler, Dianne hackborn are prime examples. I do like the fact John Carmack and Linus who are well-deserved to have a public following. But there are many more. And it doesn't have to be a showoff as much understanding the context in which Dave Cutler or Dianne Hackborn et al actually succeeded as engineers and the deep technical work they are lauded for.

more info on Dave Cutler for those who are new to him:

- https://news.microsoft.com/features/the-engineers-engineer-c...

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29RkHH-psrY

There's a good book, "Show Stopper!: The Breakneck Race to Create Windows NT and the Next Generation at Microsoft", which documents the original development of Windows NT in the late 80's and early 90's. A large amount of the focus in the book is on Cutler himself, including some of his history coming from DEC, and his personal style of running the project at the time. I found it quite an interesting read!

I would love to read a long story on Dave Cutler. I've heard the name but don't know the first thing about him.

and xbox.

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