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> Microsoft explicitly set out multi-architecture support as a design goal for NT They set it as a design goal, but that doesn't mean that the achieved it.
by WhyNotHugo 6y ago
> Microsoft explicitly set out multi-architecture support as a design goal for NT
They set it as a design goal, but that doesn't mean that the achieved it.
- kazinator 6y agoDec Alpha servers running NT in production used to be a thing.
- kjs3 6y agoExcept they did, though apparently you missed it. MIPS was the original port. Alpha was supported from NT 3.1 through Windows 2000, and only died because DEC abandoned the Alpha, not that Microsoft abandon Alpha (it was important to their 64-bit strategy). Itanium was supported from Windows 2003 to 2008R2. Support for Itanium only ended at the beginning of this year, once again because the manufacturer abandoned the chip. I'm sure you can redefine "achieve" to exclude almost 17 years of support (for Itanium), if you're that committed to being right. Heck, x86-64 support has "only" been around for 20 years or so. Doesn't make it right.