Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nu-Mega Technologies


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The result was   Withdrawn. User:Matthiaspaul presents a very convincing arguement. I withdraw this nomination. (non-admin closure) Alpha_Quadrant   (talk)  00:47, 18 February 2012 (UTC)

Nu-Mega Technologies

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The subject of the article lacks significant coverage in reliable third party sources and fails the notability guidelines for organizations. Alpha_Quadrant   (talk)  21:15, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep. Nu-Mega was an (apparently small but) influential system software house in the late 1980s and 1990s. Many system software products for DOS and Windows would have been almost impossible to develop without the help of Nu-Mega's famous SoftICE advanced kernel mode debuggers. Even though SoftICE is no longer commercially available for a long time now (AFAIK), it is still recognized as one of the most (if not the most) sophisticated x86 debugger(s) of its time. While I don't think that it is still used for Windows development any more (given thst it hasn't been adapted to integrate so tightly with newer versions of Windows), it certainly is still used for serious DOS development (where this level of integration is not required to still make it a useful tool). Several careers of industry experts in the software business started at Nu-Mega. Nu-Mega products were also covered in various books on DOS and Windows system development - I don't have the time to look up sources right now, but otherwise I should be able to find several of them even in my own library. Nu-Mega and their products were also discussed in numerous computer magazines (such as Byte, Dr Dobbs, or c't). Actually, I would like to learn more about the rise and fall of Nu-Mega and am happy that an article exists and provides at least some useful basic information. I do think, Nu-Mega was notably as an organization as per WP guidelines and I therefore oppose the proposal to delete the article. (As a sidenote, we should really put more energy into actually improving articles instead of deleting existing non-bogus articles, anyway. This is really contra-productive for the project.) --Matthiaspaul (talk) 22:14, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 23:34, 17 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Software-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 23:35, 17 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep Dude, seriously? SoftICE... —Ruud 00:44, 18 February 2012 (UTC)
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