Its Sparc computer chip and Solaris operating system have been made less relevant by Microsoft Windows, Intel chips and the open-source Linux operating system.

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Likewise, they added support for Windows NT on Intel or non-Intel platforms because they assumed NT would sweep the world.

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Windows NT on Intel stands alone, and the hope of selling more non-Intel hardware based on the success of NT has collapsed.

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