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Especially given Windows NT, back when it was called that, was portable, and supported various RISC processors.
by orra 5y ago
Especially given Windows NT, back when it was called that, was portable, and supported various RISC processors.
- dvfjsdhgfv 5y agoAnd this is what I hope ReactOS will become one day, in spite of Microsoft's FUD campaigns.
- edoceo 5y agoWhen working on Win2k it started off still trying to support MIPS and PPC but then shipped only x86 and Alpha
- krylon 5y agoI thought Win2k on the Alpha was cancelled, too, although they made a Beta. There was an article posted here on HN recently from 1999 about Microsoft cancelling Win2k on Alpha. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27603531 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27603531 (Sorry for being a smartass about it.)
- edoceo 5y agoI remember shipping SP6 and 6a still supporting 4 arch. And we were still testing 2k on x86 and Alpha in my group (NLB). Ages ago, can't hardly remember.