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> Windows adopted Unicode before most other operating systems. [citation needed] Windows multibyte / mbcs is not unicode.

• TonyTrapp 4y ago
  He's referring to UCS-2, not MBCS.
• ChrisSD 4y ago
  Windows NT uses actual Unicode under the hood (originally UCS-2, now UTF-16). Windows NT started development in 1989 and was released in 1993. Considering the Unicode standard was first published in 1991/2, I think Windows NT can be counted as an early adopter.
  • jbverschoor 4y ago
    Well, UCS-2 is not UTF-16
    • NotYourLawyer 4y ago
      But it is Unicode.
    • int_19h 4y ago
      Back when Unicode was adopted by Windows, there was no UTF-16.