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Mark Lucovsky is a software developer who worked for Microsoft and who is now employed by Google. In particular he is known for being a part of the team that designed and built the Windows NT operating system.

He received his bachelor's degree in computer science in 1983 from the California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo. He then worked at Digital, where he came to the attention of Dave Cutler and Lou Perazzoli. When Cutler and Perazzoli moved to Microsoft to work on their next generation operating system, they asked him to join them.

Amongst his contributions to Windows NT, was an eighty-page manual he wrote with Steve R Wood defining the Windows APIs for software developers working on the Windows NT platform. He also managed check-ins to the Windows NT source code, tracking each check-in and discussing it with the developer before allowing it to be committed. Lucovsky was instrumental in moving the Windows team from the homegrown SLM revision control system to the Perforce-derived SourceDepot system.

Lucovsky worked on the doomed Microsoft's .Net My Services product (codenamed Hailstorm) prior to moving to Google.

Reference

Zachary, G. Pascal. (1994). ShowStopper!. The Free Press. ISBN 0029356717.

External links

Markl's Thoughts - Mark's weblog on Blogger
Windows, A Software Engineering Odyssey - a talk Mark gave at the 4th Usenix Windows Systems Symposium (August, 2000)
Cal Poly Alumni Award The engineering department of his alma mater awards Mark a Personal Achievement Award

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 '''Mark Lucovsky''' is a [[software developer]] who worked for [[Microsoft]] and who is now employed by [[Google]].  In particular he is known for being a part of the team that designed and built the [[Windows NT]] [[operating system]].
-He received his [[bachelor's degree]] in [[computer  science]] in [[1983]] from the [[Cal Poly San Luis Obispo|California Polytechnic State University]] in San Luis Obispo.  He then worked at [[Digital Equipment Corporation|Digital]], where he came to the attention of [[Dave Cutler]] and [[Lou Perazzoli]].  When Cutler and Perazzoli moved to Microsoft to work on their next generation operating system, they asked him to join them.
+He received his [[bachelor's degree]] in [[computer science]] in [[1983]] from the [[Cal Poly San Luis Obispo|California Polytechnic State University]] in San Luis Obispo.  He then worked at [[Digital Equipment Corporation|Digital]], where he came to the attention of [[Dave Cutler]] and [[Lou Perazzoli]].  When Cutler and Perazzoli moved to Microsoft to work on their next generation operating system, they asked him to join them.
 Amongst his contributions to Windows NT, was an eighty-page manual he wrote with [[Steve R Wood]] defining the Windows [[Application programming interface|API]]s for software developers working on the Windows NT platform.  He also managed check-ins to the Windows NT source code, tracking each check-in and discussing it with the developer before allowing it to be committed. Lucovsky was instrumental in moving the Windows team from the homegrown SLM [[revision control]] system to the [[Perforce]]-derived SourceDepot system.