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- From: pjdm@chmeee.enet.dec.com (Peter Mayne)
- Subject: Re: OS/2 bigot meets NT....
- Message-ID: <1993Jan4.010558.16381@ryn.mro4.dec.com>
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- Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
- References: <1992Dec28.031753.13773@actrix.gen.nz> <1992Dec29.220017.16223@grebyn.com> <1992Dec30.015357.11809@ryn.mro4.dec.com> <1992Dec31.010153.5064@grebyn.com> <1992Dec31.175657.29384@mksol.dseg.ti.com>
- Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 01:05:58 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec31.175657.29384@mksol.dseg.ti.com>, mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539) writes:
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- >In <1992Dec31.010153.5064@grebyn.com> mfraioli@grebyn.com (Marc Fraioli) writes:
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- >>In article <1992Dec30.015357.11809@ryn.mro4.dec.com> Peter.Mayne@cao.mts.dec.com writes:
- >>>
- >>>The reference platform for NT is MIPS, so they're "porting" it to the Intel
- >>>platform, if "porting" is the right term to use in a concurrent development
- >>>situation. Also, Digital are playing a significant part in the Alpha port.
- >>>
- >>>>--
- >>That seems kind of strange, since Intel will obviously be far and away
- >>the largest market for NT for quite some time. I've never met or even
- >>read of anyone, user or developer, who had any plans of even considering
- >>running NT on anything but an Intel machine. So why would they do it
- >>this way? (Note that I'm not saying that I don't believe you, I'm just
- >>questioning MS's sense in following this path)
- >
- >If true (I don't know from firsthand knowledge, either, but wouldn't
- >be surprised), I suspect it dates back to the original ACE initiative,
- >when COMPAQ and others were talking about using the MIPS R4000 instead
- >of Intel chips to break the Intel stranglehold on the PC market, and
- >NT was seen as the compatible OS to allow people to migrate to the
- >newer, more powerful machines. When ACE started showing signs of
- >falling apart was when the deal was cut with DEC about the Alpha, I
- >think.
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- It's done that way to ensure that the developers don't inadvertently use any
- "Intel-isms" that they might have picked up during previous work. It just
- makes it psychologically easier to write a portable system, I suppose.
-
- PJDM
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