Re: And as a side-note ...
" I suspect MS has him locked in for life, contractually speaking. It's the only reason I can see that he still works for Redmond, anyway. It's really sad to see a true visionary stifled."
Isn't that the main reason why Microsoft Research Fellows exist anyway?
Cutler's last sighting (that I can quickly find) was in 2012:
http://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-confirms-dave-cutler-father-of-windows-nt-now-working-on-xbox/
Another MS Fellow with clue who clearly doesn't belong there is C.A.R. ("Tony") Hoare, of Communicating Sequential Processes (and other) fame.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
