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Actually, the reason WinXP is 5.1 (instead of 6) and Win7 is 6.1 (instead of 7) is for "maximizing application compatibility": http://windowsteamblog.com/windo
by judofyr 16y ago
Actually, the reason WinXP is 5.1 (instead of 6) and Win7 is 6.1 (instead of 7) is for "maximizing application compatibility":
http://windowsteamblog.com/windows/archive/b/windowsvista/archive/2008/10/14/why-7.aspx http://windowsteamblog.com/windows/archive/b/windowsvista/ar...
- Joeri 16y agoAh, but they care about maximizing application compatibility more for some versions than others. Will microsoft care as much about app compatibility for windows 8 as they did for windows 7?
- code_duck 16y agoThey sure don't care about IE 9 being compatible with XP. Breaking third party software and hardware is more of a pain, though, as Vista proved. That was most of the problems they had with Vista, but I guess they are over that hump at this point.