3 ms·

> Windows 8 went straight to Windows 10. The alleged reason for skipping windows 9: many software packages were checking for older Windows versions (namely 95/

• half-kh-hacker 9y ago
  So what you're saying is that 'Windows 9' as a viable name was, in a sense, taken?
• gruez 9y ago
  >https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/2hwlrk/new_wind.. https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/2hwlrk/new_wind.... source: msft employee who isn't even close to the windows team. that explanation ignores the fact that windows spoofs the windows version number for all applications by default (defaults to 8.1 i think), unless you have a special entry in your application manifest. so old applications will still work by default. not to mention that windows has compatibility shims to deal with this exact issue.