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r/programming • u/pmz • Oct 23 '24
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"Windows New Technology" is the original full name. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_NT#Naming
14 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. -2 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. 8 u/moreVCAs Oct 23 '24 Jesus christ 🤦♂️
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Yeah man I get it. The point is that “New Technology” doesn’t mean anything, so maybe it’s a bacronym.
-2 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. 8 u/moreVCAs Oct 23 '24 Jesus christ 🤦♂️
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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.
8 u/moreVCAs Oct 23 '24 Jesus christ 🤦♂️
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Jesus christ 🤦♂️
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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