VMS architects - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

15 Mar 1999

...
  So I guess Dave
Cutler was there from the beginning of VMS development. 
 However, it's my understanding he left somewhere shortly after Version 1.0.
...

 Zane 
He and a bunch of other VMS folks headed off to DECWest, and worked on a
variety of projects including the Mica (?) operating system. I believe it's
largely the DECWest crowd that moved to Microsoft. If you look at
http://www.halcyon.com/edge/decwest_alumni you'll see a large number of
@microsoft.com addresses.

- Joe