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One of the first subsystems for Windows NT was the OS/2 subsystem. Some versions even supported Presentation Manager (GUI applications). https://second.wiki/wi

One of the first subsystems for Windows NT was the OS/2 subsystem. Some versions even supported Presentation Manager (GUI applications). https://second.wiki/wiki/2-subsystem https://second.wiki/wiki/2-subsystem

karmakaze 5y ago
Never used that one. Makes sense though since NT grew out of research on OS/2 v3. The Posix subsystem[0] didn't work so well the times I tried working with it. The OS/2 subsystem didn't matter so much as Windows NT popularity outgrew that of OS/2 pretty quickly. > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_POSIX_subsystem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_POSIX_subsystem
- mycall 5y ago
  If they open sourced the POSIX subsystem, it might have had a chance to keep growing.
sedatk 5y ago
Another original subsystem was POSIX subsystem which provided a UNIX-like layer on Windows.