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OT trivia: Windows NT also meant 'New Technology' on release.
Microsoft quickly learned that NT was the trademark of Nortel (Northern
Telecom) http://www.nortel.com/ , and that the company traded on the stock
exchange as NT.
That trademark caveat was noted on all subsequent packaging of Windows NT.
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MacArthur wrote:
>> Sylvain Bouju wrote:
>> Windows NT creates some confusion with Garmin's City Navigator NT
>> mapping. Garmin's NT means New Technology (a better map compression
>> algorithm) and has nothing to do with Windows NT.
>> Windows NT creates some confusion with Garmin's City Navigator NT
>> mapping. Garmin's NT means New Technology (a better map compression
>> algorithm) and has nothing to do with Windows NT.
>
> OT trivia: Windows NT also meant 'New Technology' on release.
>
> Microsoft quickly learned that NT was the trademark of Nortel (Northern
> Telecom) http://www.nortel.com/ , and that the company traded on the
> stock exchange as NT.
>
> That trademark caveat was noted on all subsequent packaging of Windows NT.
> OT trivia: Windows NT also meant 'New Technology' on release.
>
> Microsoft quickly learned that NT was the trademark of Nortel (Northern
> Telecom) http://www.nortel.com/ , and that the company traded on the
> stock exchange as NT.
>
> That trademark caveat was noted on all subsequent packaging of Windows NT.
Thanks for the trivia. I wonder how they got through all that without
someone smelling money and getting a bunch of lawyers involved.
Jack
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> Windows NT creates some confusion with Garmin's City Navigator NT mapping.
> Garmin's NT means New Technology (a better map compression algorithm) and
> has nothing to do with Windows NT.