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Now it makes sense why they are calling it Windows 10! To avoid OS String detection edge cases against "Windows 95/98"

by AsakiIssa 12y ago

happycube 12y ago
... except that in a lot of cases apps'll see "Windows 6.4"
- Eyas 12y ago
  right, well-written apps should ask for version number, which would be 6.x. The question is how to handle the wealth of poorly written apps out there? Especially keeping in mind that poorly written != useless/bad, at least not always.
jrochkind1 12y ago
Plus they had to catch up with OSX. I imagine future versions will be Windows 10 II, Windows 10 III, Windows 10 IV, Windows 10 V, etc.
- GHFigs 12y ago
  So why not "Windows X"? Oh...
  - jrochkind1 12y ago
    For unix interoperability and palandromic satisfaction, we can now offer you X Windows for Windows X. Discounts for straight-edgers (xWWx for sXe!)
- rory096 12y ago
  "Coyote" "Jackal" "Fox" "Dingo" ... "Redondo Beach"
- computerslol 12y ago
  I prefer to imagine the world where windows version names mirror street fighter version names. "Super Windows X Turbo: World Warriors Edition" sounds pretty sweet to me.
- wmf 12y ago
  Even that is too consistent. Maybe Windows 10.1, Windows 10.1 Update, Windows 10.1 Update Extended, etc. (I guess the downvoters haven't installed Windows 8.1 Update.)
  - eloisant 12y ago
    At some point maybe they'll take a hint from their Xbox division and call it Windows One.
- Mindless2112 12y ago
  Windows 10 is supposedly going to be the "last major version" of Windows. [1] [1] http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-christens-the-next-version-of-windows-as-windows-10-7000034196/ http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-christens-the-next-version-of...
  - tbrock 12y ago
    Don't they say that every time?
  - wolfgke 12y ago
    Also DirectX 11 was originally supposed to be the last major DirectX version with only some minor updates planned, since Microsoft saw no additional parts of the graphics pipeline that could additionally accelerated by hardware (Source: some AMD talk a few years ago). A few months ago DirectX 12 was announced (and it's quite probable that AMD's Mantle was the reason for this roadmap change).
- brute 12y ago
  Not only OSX but OSX 10.10 That are a lot of 10s.
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serve_yay 12y ago
But, the marketing name doesn't have to match the version identifier string. This issue would have been super-easy to work around if they wanted to call it Windows 9. Hell, put two spaces before 9. Make it "Windows Version 9" instead of "Windows 9". Whatever. MS does this all the time, shimming around people's broken & crappy app code. This looks like no sweat to me.
- vacri 12y ago
  Why is it so necessary that Windows 9 be the next in the list? I mean, it's not a particularly standard list for user workstations: 3.1, 95, 98, ME, 2000, XP, Vista, 7, 8.
  - serve_yay 12y ago
    Yep, that too. I just seriously doubt this was the reason. Marketing and technology are only tenuously related, as we know :)
  - badthingfactory 12y ago
    I was actually rather surprised when this version wasn't called "Windows One"
    - BruceIV 12y ago
      I can't seem to find the link again, but I think I read a Microsoft blog post somewhere saying that that name was already taken (by a Mr. Gates, circa 1985).
      - chx 12y ago
        I heard that too but http://www.wikiwand.com/en/Windows_1.0 http://www.wikiwand.com/en/Windows_1.0 seriously? Who would mix that up? Also, given "One product family. One platform. One store" and the Xbox One they would have a cool One theme to build on.
        12y ago

Now it makes sense why they are calling it Windows 10! To avoid OS String detection edge cases against "Windows 95/98"

happycube 12y ago

... except that in a lot of cases apps'll see "Windows 6.4"

Eyas 12y ago
right, well-written apps should ask for version number, which would be 6.x. The question is how to handle the wealth of poorly written apps out there? Especially keeping in mind that poorly written != useless/bad, at least not always.

jrochkind1 12y ago

Plus they had to catch up with OSX. I imagine future versions will be Windows 10 II, Windows 10 III, Windows 10 IV, Windows 10 V, etc.

GHFigs 12y ago
So why not "Windows X"? Oh...
- jrochkind1 12y ago
  For unix interoperability and palandromic satisfaction, we can now offer you X Windows for Windows X. Discounts for straight-edgers (xWWx for sXe!)
rory096 12y ago
"Coyote" "Jackal" "Fox" "Dingo" ... "Redondo Beach"
computerslol 12y ago
I prefer to imagine the world where windows version names mirror street fighter version names. "Super Windows X Turbo: World Warriors Edition" sounds pretty sweet to me.
wmf 12y ago
Even that is too consistent. Maybe Windows 10.1, Windows 10.1 Update, Windows 10.1 Update Extended, etc. (I guess the downvoters haven't installed Windows 8.1 Update.)
- eloisant 12y ago
  At some point maybe they'll take a hint from their Xbox division and call it Windows One.
Mindless2112 12y ago
Windows 10 is supposedly going to be the "last major version" of Windows. [1] [1] http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-christens-the-next-version-of-windows-as-windows-10-7000034196/ http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-christens-the-next-version-of...
- tbrock 12y ago
  Don't they say that every time?
- wolfgke 12y ago
  Also DirectX 11 was originally supposed to be the last major DirectX version with only some minor updates planned, since Microsoft saw no additional parts of the graphics pipeline that could additionally accelerated by hardware (Source: some AMD talk a few years ago). A few months ago DirectX 12 was announced (and it's quite probable that AMD's Mantle was the reason for this roadmap change).
brute 12y ago
Not only OSX but OSX 10.10 That are a lot of 10s.

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serve_yay 12y ago

But, the marketing name doesn't have to match the version identifier string. This issue would have been super-easy to work around if they wanted to call it Windows 9. Hell, put two spaces before 9. Make it "Windows Version 9" instead of "Windows 9". Whatever. MS does this all the time, shimming around people's broken & crappy app code. This looks like no sweat to me.

vacri 12y ago
Why is it so necessary that Windows 9 be the next in the list? I mean, it's not a particularly standard list for user workstations: 3.1, 95, 98, ME, 2000, XP, Vista, 7, 8.
- serve_yay 12y ago
  Yep, that too. I just seriously doubt this was the reason. Marketing and technology are only tenuously related, as we know :)
- badthingfactory 12y ago
  I was actually rather surprised when this version wasn't called "Windows One"
  - BruceIV 12y ago
    I can't seem to find the link again, but I think I read a Microsoft blog post somewhere saying that that name was already taken (by a Mr. Gates, circa 1985).
    - chx 12y ago
      I heard that too but http://www.wikiwand.com/en/Windows_1.0 http://www.wikiwand.com/en/Windows_1.0 seriously? Who would mix that up? Also, given "One product family. One platform. One store" and the Xbox One they would have a cool One theme to build on.
      - 12y ago