Contemporaneously on Linux, there was a "DOS box" (DOSEMU) running that could play Doom at full speed, with sound. Something the NT DOS box couldn't manage. Mi

Contemporaneously on Linux, there was a "DOS box" (DOSEMU) running that could play Doom at full speed, with sound. Something the NT DOS box couldn't manage. Microsoft had the resources and expertise to make excellent DOS compat on NT. They just didn't. The reasons are many: they just didn't want the expense, "binning" (Windows 9x for consumers, Windows NT for professionals and enterprises), plus Windows NT was a memory hog at the time and just wouldn't run on grandma's PC.