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This feels awfully late given that Windows CE has supported ARM since 1996. I never understood why Microsoft was reluctant to get a full-blown XP running on AR

by dstein 16y ago

This feels awfully late given that Windows CE has supported ARM since 1996. I never understood why Microsoft was reluctant to get a full-blown XP running on ARM (minus the x86 & DOS hamstrings). Windows CE always felt like a precursor to something that Microsoft didn't have the vision to follow through with.

rbanffy 16y ago
> I never understood why Microsoft was reluctant to get a full-blown XP running on ARM Because they tried (and failed to gain traction) before with MIPS, PowerPC, Alpha and Itanium.
- razzmataz 16y ago
  NT originally ran on MIPS, before it ever ran on 386.
  - rbanffy 16y ago
    And that's why there never was an Office for MIPS...
    - razzmataz 16y ago
      Actually, the reason for Office never being ported came down to two things: different byte order and lots of x86 assembly mixed in the office code for performance reasons. Office was never 'portable'.