*SPAM* Re: Issue 1. [Re: [ros-general] ROS-User-Issues]

[Filip Navara]

That's just MS marketing propaganda. It was originally sorthand for 
N-Ten, which is code name for Intel i860 processor the first NT version 
was targeted at.

- Filip

TwoTailedFox wrote:

>It was initially supposed to mean "New Technology", but soon after, it
>became Just Another Meaningless Acronym.
>
>However... Look at VMS, and WNT. See how the shorthand of Windows NT
>is a play on one-upping VMS? :p
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>On 10/24/05, Kevin Lawton <kepla at btinternet.com> wrote:
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>>I sometimes wonder if even Microsoft know what NT means.
>>Look at the Windows 2000 splash screen - 'based on NT technology'.
>>Translate the 'NT' into 'New Technology' and we get 'based on new technology technology'.
>>Not very confidence inspiring, Microsoft.
>>Kevin.
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>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: ros-general-bounces at reactos.org
>>>[mailto:ros-general-bounces at reactos.org]On Behalf Of
>>>jwalsh at bigpond.net.au
>>>Sent: 24 October 2005 21:13
>>>To: ReactOS General List
>>>Cc: Robert Köpferl
>>>Subject: Re: Issue 1. [Re: [ros-general] ROS-User-Issues]
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>>>
>>>Sorry guys.
>>>In my preoccupation with separating USER from PROGRAMMER I
>>>stepped into a rather smelly issue of my own making.
>>>However your response is making me aware of a number of issues
>>>which may have lain dormant, simply because nobody "in the know"
>>>would have had (myself included) the courage to ask such a
>>>seemingl silly question..
>>>How many Users would know what NT even means: Afterall Users
>>>don't program or do they?
>>>Cheers and rosuccess
>>>Justin
>>>---- "Robert Köpferl" <rob at koepferl.de> wrote:
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>>>>Seems to me like you missed the point (or I did)
>>>>
>>>>It's about updates, patches for win98 and their current apps still
>>>>working on win98
>>>>
>>>>jwalsh at bigpond.net.au wrote:
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>>>>
>>>>>Issue 1
>>>>>
>>>>>Telstra Bigbond has announced that they are following
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>Microsofts plan to drop  support for Windows98 fron 17th August
>>>this year.
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>>>>>It is clear that Microsoft is no longer supporting backward
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>compatability, only forward.
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>>>
>>>>>These are two entirely different Technologies, both at the OS
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>and at the File level.
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>>>>>If ReactOS policy is to be plug compatibe with Windows, how
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>does ReactOS plan to deal with it?
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>>>
>>>>>Cheers and rosuccess
>>>>>Justin
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>---- Justin Walsh <justin_2006 at operamail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>>>---- Justin Walsh <justin_2006 at operamail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>            
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>I'm a little confused.
>>>>>>>              
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>Well not anymore.
>>>>>>This may not be a Wiki, but I can make it look like one.
>>>>>>All I have to do is comply strictly with the ReactOS Code of Conduct.
>>>>>>I think ROS-User-Issues or RUI is pretty clear.
>>>>>>If you need to talk code then got to:
>>>>>>ROS-Programmer-Issues or RPI.
>>>>>>We already have Mingw-Msys for those don't just read or talk code,
>>>>>>but seriously do it.
>>>>>>Kicking off RUI.
>>>>>>I recommend taking a look at http://www.pcpitstop.com
>>>>>>He has some interesting things to say about Microsoft.
>>>>>>Not that I agree entirely with him.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Any objections or recomendations are welcome
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Cheers and rosuccess
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Justin
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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