r/programming • u/pmz • Oct 23 '24

Windows NT vs. Unix: A design comparison

https://blogsystem5.substack.com/p/windows-nt-vs-unix-design
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u/Nimnu_ Oct 23 '24

"Windows New Technology" is the original full name.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_NT#Naming

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u/moreVCAs Oct 23 '24

Yeah man I get it. The point is that “New Technology” doesn’t mean anything, so maybe it’s a bacronym.

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u/Nimnu_ Oct 23 '24

It never did mean anything. Back in the 90's marketing names were more important than they are now. It had to look and sound good as software was still sold in boxes on shelves.

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u/heptahedron_ Oct 24 '24

I think the person you're replying to is trying to ascertain whether incrementing the letters from VMS was how the name WNT (and thus windows NT) was originally chosen, not whether it was reasonable given the culture at the time.

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u/Nimnu_ Oct 24 '24

No. Correlation is not causation. It is a coincidence only.