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Windows 11's adoption is much slower compared to Windows 10, claims Dell (www.neowin.net)

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[–] Son_of_Macha@lemmy.cafe 1 point 11 months ago (2 children)

It's because Apple moved on from X. They skipped 9 just because they didn't want to be behind Apple.

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[–] PoolloverNathan@programming.dev 3 points 11 months ago

Wasn't the reason for skipping 9 to not break programs assuming “Windows 9” meant 95 / 98?

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[–] IonTempted@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 11 months ago

It sounds like when Microsoft named their second console "360" because they wouldn't want to be behind Sony. But somehow I'm not buying that

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