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monocasa on July 9, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: 7-Zip for Windows can now use more than 64 CPU thr...

Microsoft was absolutely wanting to target large servers at the time. They were actively trying to kill off the vendor unices in the 90s.

p_ing on July 9, 2025 [–]

They successfully killed off vendor unicies in the 90s, but that was thanks to cheap x86.

monocasa on July 10, 2025 | [–]

That was what stuck, but supporting the big servers was also part of their multifaceted strategy. That's why the alpha, itanium, powerpc, and mips ports existed.

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