4 ms·NT originally ran on MIPS, before it ever ran on 386.by razzmataz 16y agoNT originally ran on MIPS, before it ever ran on 386.rbanffy 16y agoAnd that's why there never was an Office for MIPS...razzmataz 16y agoActually, 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'.