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“In the summer of 1988, I received an interesting call from Bill Gates at Microsoft. He asked whether I'd like to come over and talk about building a new operating system at Microsoft for personal computers. What Bill had to offer was the opportunity to build another operating system, one that was portable.”

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Dave Cutler
Dave Cutler

Dave Cutler, born on March 13, 1942, is a renowned software engineer. He has held several key positions at Microsoft and has made significant contributions to the field of operating systems. more

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