They had a good excuse for skipping 9: lots of old code did something like if verson.startwith("9") to cover 98 and 98. Because Microsoft, they wanted to keep 2

They had a good excuse for skipping 9: lots of old code did something like if verson.startwith("9") to cover 98 and 98. Because Microsoft, they wanted to keep 20-year-old apps working.