Rustmilian@lemmy.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoWhy is Windows "PC"?lemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square52fedilinkarrow-up1595arrow-down164
arrow-up1531arrow-down1external-linkWhy is Windows "PC"?lemmy.worldRustmilian@lemmy.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square52fedilink
minus-squaredezmd@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·8 months ago NT was written from scratch You mean OS/2 3.0? When development started in November 1989, Windows NT was to be known as OS/2 3.0, the third version of the operating system developed jointly by Microsoft and IBM. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_NT
minus-squarethe_crotch@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoNo, I mean NT. Why would I use a pre-releaee name from 30 years ago?
minus-squaredezmd@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-28 months agoIt was a tongue in cheek joke, calm yourself, this isnt reddit. But it’s also a valid, if cheeky, point that it wasnt really a fresh from scratch effort.
You mean OS/2 3.0?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_NT
No, I mean NT. Why would I use a pre-releaee name from 30 years ago?
It was a tongue in cheek joke, calm yourself, this isnt reddit.
But it’s also a valid, if cheeky, point that it wasnt really a fresh from scratch effort.