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Unicode and Code Pages - What was the rationale behind Unicode "Code Pages" - small memory footprint?

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I'm curious about the rationale behind the decision that gave life to Unicode "Code Pages". Was it all about the memory savings? Or was it more about the work involved with respect to the vast number of native fonts in the Windows OS systems?


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