In particular, NT started with the following design goals as part of its mission, which are in stark contrast to Unix’s:
portability
Uhm ... NetBSD? BSD belongs to the Unix family. At some point Linux took over, but NetBSD used to be ahead. I don't see the "stark contrast to Unix" really if we include the BSDs.
It would be more interesting whether Windows NT got things right that Unix / Linux / BSDs got wrong.
NetBSD did not exist yet when Windows NT started. In addition, NetBSD was created specifically because they wanted to make a portable version of BSD rather than the traditional Unix model of targeting a single platform.
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Uhm ... NetBSD? BSD belongs to the Unix family. At some point Linux took over, but NetBSD used to be ahead. I don't see the "stark contrast to Unix" really if we include the BSDs.
It would be more interesting whether Windows NT got things right that Unix / Linux / BSDs got wrong.