--- title: "4 Dave Cutler Quotes" description: "David Neil Cutler Sr. is an American software engineer. He developed several computer operating systems, namely Microsoft Windows NT, and Digital Equipm..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a98/dave-cutler-71385_committees_unix-is-a-junk-os-designed-by-a-committe_118423.jpg" --- # Dave Cutler **4** quotes in **46** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet David Neil Cutler Sr. is an American software engineer. He developed several computer operating systems, namely Microsoft Windows NT, and Digital Equipment Corporation's RSX-11M, VAXELN, VMS, and MICA. ## Quotes by Dave Cutler > [Unix is a junk OS designed by a committee of PhDs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-cutler/unix-is-a-junk-os-designed-by-a-committee-of-phds/) [Dave Cutler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-cutler/) [Committees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/committees/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a98/dave-cutler-71385_committees_unix-is-a-junk-os-designed-by-a-committe_118423.jpg) > [In the summer of 1988, I received an interesting call from Bill Gates at Microsoft. He asked whether I'd like to come…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-cutler/in-the-summer-of-1988-i-received-an-interesting-call-from-bill-gates/) [Dave Cutler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-cutler/) [Bills](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bills/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ea/dave-cutler-71385_bills_in-the-summer-of-1988-i-received-an-inte_2011071.jpg) > [My first operating system project was to build a real-time system called RSX-11M that ran on Digital's PDP-11 16-bit series of minicomputers.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-cutler/my-first-operating-system-project-was-to-build-a-real-time-system/) [Dave Cutler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-cutler/) [Application](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/application/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d05/dave-cutler-71385_application_my-first-operating-system-project-was-to_2040653.jpg) > [Little did I know that I would be fortunate enough to develop several operating systems in my lifetime; developing one is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-cutler/little-did-i-know-that-i-would-be-fortunate-enough-to-develop-several/) [Dave Cutler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-cutler/) [Developing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/developing/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df1/dave-cutler-71385_developing_little-did-i-know-that-i-would-be-fortun_2579430.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-cutler/#itemlist", "name": "Dave Cutler Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Unix is a junk OS designed by a committee of PhDs.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Dave Cutler" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-cutler/unix-is-a-junk-os-designed-by-a-committee-of-phds/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a98/dave-cutler-71385_committees_unix-is-a-junk-os-designed-by-a-committe_118423.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a98/dave-cutler-71385_committees_unix-is-a-junk-os-designed-by-a-committe_118423.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a98/dave-cutler-71385_committees_unix-is-a-junk-os-designed-by-a-committe_118423.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Unix is a junk OS designed by a committee of PhDs.” — Dave Cutler", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In the summer of 1988, I received an interesting call from Bill Gates at Microsoft. 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