From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Sun, 21 Sep 2025 19:48:30 -0400, Arne Vajhøj wrote:   
      
   > But a 64 bit version was supposed to happen. People were expecting it.   
   > MS dragged their feet and eventually pulled the plug on Alpha.   
      
   Obviously it was just too hard for Windows NT to support a mix of 32-bit   
   and 64-bit architectures. So much for portability ...   
      
   > And then HP did the same and we got Itanium. And MS added Windows   
   > support for that (64 bit that is).   
      
   Itanium was a very high-profile, big-budget project. I suppose it’s   
   possible that HP and Intel contributed some of the costs for Microsoft to   
   create 64-bit NT for that.   
      
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