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----- Original message -----
From: Jeff Crosby <jlcrosby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent by: "MIDRANGE-L" <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc:
Subject: Re: Visual Studio for Mac
Date: Thu, Dec 15, 2016 7:10 AM
On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 8:02 AM, Jim Oberholtzer <
midrangel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> It's not Rochester that's the problem it's Microsoft. Ask them why
they
> will not support windows running on POWER. There's no technical
reason it
> couldn't. The other problem is the customer base. They are not
asking for
> Windows to run on POWER (and willing to pay for it) either.
>
Way back when, wasn't a version of Windows NT available to run on Power?
[1]
http://windowsitpro.com/windows-server/windows-nt-powerpc-no-more
It only ran on PowerPC and in little-endian mode, while POWER has, until
recently, run in big-endian mode. With OpenPOWER taking off, maybe
Microsoft will bring it back?
References
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1.
http://windowsitpro.com/windows-server/windows-nt-powerpc-no-more
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