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jeffbeetoday at 5:53 PM3 repliesview on HN

A younger person who only knows the comparative merits of Windows, macOS, and Linux in this decade probably cannot imagine the relief felt by people when they were finally able to move their technical applications off unix boxes onto Windows NT workstations. The situation was so bad, the computers cost so much and worked so poorly, a Dell with a Pentium Pro was like a miracle, at the time.


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chihuahuatoday at 9:10 PM

I don't have any nostalgia for old machines, I understand the 5- or 6-figure price tags were ridiculous, but I'm curious - in what way did Unix machines back then work poorly?

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shrubbletoday at 7:48 PM

Only some people who were around at that time welcomed Windows NT; others decried the various failings of Microsoft…

foobiekrtoday at 8:01 PM

There is an irony that Wine is the most stable linux ABI for GUI applications in 2026.

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