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Don't get me wrong. I know it makes sense once you know what it is. And the result in terms of compatibility and stability is impressive.

Still, when I first heard the phrase "Windows on Windows" I had a chuckle.

It reminds me that I enjoyed the way x86 apps ran on my old Alpha NT machine. If I recall correctly, the process list included "fx32" beside each.

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>Still, when I first heard the phrase "Windows on Windows" I had a chuckle.

The Windows 2000 loading screen had the tagline "Built on Windows NT Technology." They left it there through multiple SP rollouts IIRC.

I always assumed that was to placate business customers who might have (justifiably) worried that Windows 2000 was related to Windows 98, rather than descending from NT 4.

NT stands for "New Technology".

For everyone worried about Win98 relation simple "Built on Windows NT" would work.

WOW doesn't stand for Windows On Windows. WOW64 stands for Windows On Windows 64 [bit].

Oh, that I didn't fully appreciate. That actually makes it more reasonable. (Not being sarcastic!)

What are you trying to do? Make me feel bad for having a good laugh at the name when I first looked it up? :)

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