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Evolution of Windows (lemmy.ml)
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[–] 6 points 1 year ago (4 children)

What the hell is Windows 9

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    They skipped windows 9 because a bunch of old software checked for the string "windows 9" in the OS version to do compatibility checks, as this matches both windows 95 and windows 98. They didn't want all that software suddenly thinking it could run on the new version also.

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