They skipped Windows 9 because of lazy developers

Some old software was written to check if the Windows version started with a 9 to target Windows 95/98.

Or it could just be that Microsoft wanted to copy Apple and have their own perpetual OS X.

Posted By: Ben on July 31st 2015 at 22:57:47

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My Windows 10 is 93% upgradified. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jul 31, 22:23:46
- [FAILED] (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jul 31, 23:30:37
  - Ha (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Jul 31, 23:59:45
  - Lol. Get a Mac (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jul 31, 23:58:11
    - VMT (n/m) (General Chat) - Brandonio, Aug 1, 01:32:34
  - It's windows, there's your problem. (n/m) (General Chat) - I Am Hoot, Jul 31, 23:37:03
  - Perhaps you did it wrong? (n/m) (General Chat) - essexcanaryOTBC, Jul 31, 23:33:19
- this is going to bugger my comp isn't it? (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Jul 31, 23:24:04
  - Dunno, depends if you try and stick it up the USB I suppose. (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, Jul 31, 23:28:51
- What happened to Windows 8 and a half, or 9? (General Chat) - I Am Hoot, Jul 31, 22:39:38
  - 7 ate 9 (n/m) (General Chat) - Jester, Jul 31, 23:37:00
    - That's exactly the kind of silly answer I was expecting, (General Chat) - I Am Hoot, Jul 31, 23:37:38
  - They skipped Windows 9 because of lazy developers (General Chat) - Ben, Jul 31, 22:57:47
    - lazy barstewards (n/m) (General Chat) - I Am Hoot, Jul 31, 23:35:59
- Have to get a paid subscription to play Solitaire ad-free (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Jul 31, 22:33:52
  - what about Minesweeper? (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jul 31, 22:40:50
    - Dunno about that or the other weird one that no-one played (n/m) (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Jul 31, 22:42:48
- 37% here (n/m) (General Chat) - city_lad, Jul 31, 22:33:25
- Mine hasn't come through yet (General Chat) - CauldRon, Jul 31, 22:27:28
  - You can skip the queue with the media creation tool (General Chat) - Ben, Jul 31, 22:53:28
    - I like the cut of your jib (General Chat) - CauldRon, Jul 31, 22:59:10
- Oh. It was 93% configurated. It is now 1% upgradified. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jul 31, 22:26:13
- Did mine other day seems faster no issues so far (n/m) (General Chat) - eddie, Jul 31, 22:24:34

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