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Oral History of Dave Cutler Part 1
A Computer History Museum oral history interview with Dave Cutler, covering his youth, early work on operating systems at DuPont and Digital Equipment, and his path toward VMS and Windows NT. This is part one of a long-form interview.
Why HN readers recommended it
Recommended as a rare long-form interview with a legendary operating system designer, though some find it light on technical detail.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Computer History Museum
- Topic
- operating system history
- Format
- interview
- Level
- intermediate
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 3
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2020–2024
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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>It was really really stable. Windows 2000 was the last version of the NT branch where Dave Cutler was in charge. He's a legend for a reason. [LINK] Computer History Museum long form interviews: Part 1 [VIDEO] Part 2 [LINK]
GeekyBear on Hacker News · 2020-09
In Windows XP source code has leakedThe Computer History Museum oral history interview with David Cutler is also very good: Part 1: [VIDEO] Part 2: [LINK]
randomifcpfan on Hacker News · 2023-10
In Dave Cutler: The Secret History of Microsoft Windows [video]
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