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No, it's not a silly rumor. It was Java programs (among others), but Microsoft takes backwards compatibility very seriously. Windows 9 builds were tested inte
by dietrichepp 11y ago
No, it's not a silly rumor. It was Java programs (among others), but Microsoft takes backwards compatibility very seriously. Windows 9 builds were tested internally at Microsoft, and the bugs in third-party programs drove the decision to bump the version to 10.
- Dylan16807 11y agoJava would have returned "Windows NT (unknown)" as far as I know. How would programs get a string that said "Windows 9"? What API would be involved? What would they be reading that is text-based, wouldn't lie, [and existed on 9x]?