This binder contains the original design specifications for “NT OS/2,” an operating system designed by Microsoft that developed into Windows NT. In the late 1980s, Microsoft's 16-bit operating system, ...

I'd normally be embarrased to ask, but somebody challenged me and I have to know I'm right.<P>I remember reading in Byte, 10 years ago or so, that the name Windows NT came from "Next Tier".

Unfortunately, after IBM and Microsoft split the development of the new platform (with IBM retaining OS/2 while Microsoft created Windows NT), OS/2 quickly became a cult, or niche, product.

Windows 11, a new version of the Windows NT operating system that Microsoft launched in October 2021 to usher in several new features, including a redesigned Start menu, is now the most popular OS ...

IBM is readying a program to push its enterprise software running on Linux as an alternative to Microsoft software running on that company’s soon-to-be discontinued Windows NT operating system ...

However, now that NT has been retired, what is Microsoft going to do with the ageing operating system's source code? There will not be any new applications created for it, and it's difficult to ...

Microsoft is phasing out Windows NT 4.0, its 5-year-old operating system for businesses. Microsoft on Monday discontinued the server version of NT because of increased demand for its newer ...

4] Windows NT OS Kernel: This is the last stage that picks up the Registry settings, additional drivers, etc. Once that has been read, the control is taken by the system manager process.

Another key difference between NT and Active Directory is the process by which a server becomes a domain controller. In NT, once a server is a PDC or a BDC, only reinstalling Windows can downgrade ...