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Microsoft was absolutely wanting to target large servers at the time. They were actively trying to kill off the vendor unices in the 90s.

• p_ing 1y ago
  They successfully killed off vendor unicies in the 90s, but that was thanks to cheap x86.
  • monocasa 1y ago
    That was what stuck, but supporting the big servers was also part of their multifaceted strategy. That's why the alpha, itanium, powerpc, and mips ports existed.