[geeks] And it is all made clear (For the I860 haters among you)

nick at snowman.net nick at snowman.net
Wed Feb 19 10:07:34 CST 2003


"Originally, we were targeting NT to the Intel i860 (code-named 'N-Ten)',
a RISC processor that was horribly behind schedule. Because we didn't have
any i860 machines in-house to test on, we used an i860 simulator. That's
why we called it NT, because it worked on the 'N-Ten.'"
-Mark Lucovsky
Distinguished Engineer
Windows Server Architect

http://www.winsupersite.com/reviews/winserver2k3_gold1.asp

	Nick


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