: A technical look at why interactive systems (GUI-based) required new measurement methodologies compared to conventional batch systems. Administration and Robustness Windows NT vs. Unix: A design comparison - Blog System/5
NT was written in C (and some C++) with hardware abstraction layers (HAL). The first release shipped on three platforms: windows nt 3.1
Introduced the New Technology File System (NTFS) with features like journaling, file-level security, long filenames (up to 255 chars), and fault tolerance. It could also use FAT and HPFS (from OS/2). : A technical look at why interactive systems