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The Spinal Tap of operating systems: "its one more than 10"

• disintegore 3y ago
  Why not just make Windows 10 better and have that be the last OS
  • mkl 3y ago
    That was the plan [1], but then Apple changed from endless version 10 (X) releases to increasing their major number again. I think Microsoft just doesn't like having lower version numbers than competitors (see XBox naming, which started a year after the PlayStation 2 but a version behind: XBox -> XBox 360 -> XBox One (?!) -> XBox Series S/X). [1] https://www.windowscentral.com/windows-10-may-be-last-version-windows-microsoft-rethinks-operating-system https://www.windowscentral.com/windows-10-may-be-last-versio...
    • karmakurtisaani 3y ago
      As sad as this is, it might actually work when the user base is large enough and consists of mainly non-tech people who think bigger version number means better. At some point versioning stops being about backwards compatibility and the system itself, and becomes yet another aspect of marketing.
  • a_f 3y ago
    Given the direction they have taken Windows 11, I am glad that this is not an update to Windows 10.