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Actually this all started in the Windows 8 days, which Gabe Newell described as a 'catastrophe'.

• raxxorrax 5y ago
  You are right, I almost forgot about Win 8 already.
  • rightbyte 5y ago
    Probably the main reason to jump over 9 too? So it is 7->10 in peoples minds.
    • robotnikman 5y ago
      Another possibility I've heard is that so many programs still used by businesses have some kind of code along the lines of //check if windows 95 or 98 If (WindowsVersion.StartsWith("Windows 9"){ //do windows 95 or 98 specific stuff } That naming it windows 9 would have caused issues for a lot of products