Why did Microsoft skip Windows 9?

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  On 01/10/2014 at 05:09, BajiRav said:

Windows 98 was pretty good IMHO

 

Once 98 SE was released, anyway.

[Jimmy422]

Here's something interesting, it looks like this may have been a last minute change. Check out the URL for the preview page provided on the desktop of the tech preview

[Jub]

  On 30/09/2014 at 18:24, .Neo said:

Windows 1, Windows 2, Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 10.

 

It all makes total sense.

 

:woot:  :woot:

 

I wonder, once they hit Windows version 95, what they will call it? lol

[MFH]

  On 01/10/2014 at 18:08, Bonfire said:

Bonfire, on 01 Oct 2014 - 20:08, said:

The very first version of Windows NT was 3.1, it's all just marketing. The numbers mean nothing and skipping is a tradition.

More like it was released 1 year after Windows 3.1.

 

BTW, as the question came up, why Windows 7 was actually the seventh Windows:

 

1) Win 1.01

2) Win 2, 2.1x

3a) Win 3, 3.1x, 3.2

3b) NT 3.1, NT 3.5x

4a) 95[4.0], 98(SE)[4.1], ME[4.9]

4b) NT 4.0

5) 2000[NT5.0], XP[NT5.1], XP-Itanium[NT5.2], Server 2003 (R2) [NT5.2], XP-64bit[NT5.2], WHS[NT5.2]

6) Vista, Server 2008; all NT6.0

7) 7, Server 2008 R2, WHS 2011; all NT6.1

8) 8, Server 2012; all NT6.2; 8.1, Server 2012 R2; all NT6.3

 

=> So the (internal) major version number corresponds to the "official" Windows version until 7, where MS has stopped increasing the major version number (instead continually increasing the minor version number) due to compatibility issues with badly written software?

[MFH]

  On 30/09/2014 at 18:43, Tigurinn said:

Tigurinn, on 30 Sept 2014 - 20:43, said:

Neun sounds so similar to nein ;)

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MLry6Cn_D4

As a native German speaker I have say, you gotta have a very (, very, very) thick accent to have "Neun" sound like "Nein"--

[notchinese]

Maybe this is why? https://searchcode.com/?q=if%28version%2Cstartswith%28%22windows+9%22%29

[episode]

  On 30/09/2014 at 23:47, xendrome said:

Actually there's a lot that goes into a true version/build number, it's much more complicated and means a whole lot more then you clearly understand, especially for software compatibility.

 

 

Just because MS uses them for compatibility and somewhat correctly doesn't mean everyone (or even most developers) do. Just look at the versioning of mobile apps.

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  On 01/10/2014 at 16:10, Julius Caro said:

out of curiosity, why not?

 

 

 

Because he thinks the German number 9, is "nein" (no), when actually it's "neun", a completely different word and pronunciation.

[.Neo]

  On 02/10/2014 at 07:29, FloatingFatMan said:

Because he thinks the German number 9, is "nein" (no), when actually it's "neun", a completely different word and pronunciation.

His joke is even funnier because you think he actually thinks that. :laugh:

 

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Microsoft trolled all the tech pundits.

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  On 30/09/2014 at 19:11, blank said:

What do you call this guy's hair style?

Early 90's skater?

[redvamp128]

Because They are MICROSOFT -- 

 

[The Rev]

My guess is, they wanted to catch up to Mac OS version numbers.

[Ian W]

  On 01/10/2014 at 03:33, ReptileX said:

I find it cool that MS didn't give up on their vision for Longhorn, this is what Windows 10's feature set encompasses.

I am curious why you would think this way. There has not been anything revealed so far that even suggests such a thing. Windows 10 is not providing a data store to create relationships between data and potentially end both folder hierarchies and propietary types (WinFS). Windows 10 is not providing a parallel operating environment to run alongside the Windows operating system so that users can perform more sensitive operations (Next-Generation Secure Computing Base) . . . The list goes on.

The Next-Generation Secure Computing Base would probably be the most reasonable feature to include. Microsoft's competitiors have recently adopted similar technologies, which suggests that Microsoft may soon be at a competitive disadvantage if it does not offer similar capabilites; competitors will only continue to improve their own. The NGSCB may also help to promote trust in both Microsoft and the PC platform as a whole, something which is becoming increasingly important in this 'mobile-first, cloud-first world.'

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