Well Dave Cutler changed from DEC to Microsoft. VMS is the older system specialized for big servers "fast" networks, clusters and security. When Cutler went to

Well Dave Cutler changed from DEC to Microsoft. VMS is the older system specialized for big servers "fast" networks, clusters and security. When Cutler went to Microsoft the restrictions where clearly the slow and small PC's (the main customers of MS), so that really "cut" the system down (pun intended). Like the Idea to implement NT as a pure microkernel, but it was just too slow for the normal home PC, and that's why NT is kind of a hybrid. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Cutler#Microsoft_(1988_-_present) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Cutler#Microsoft_(1988_-_...