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To: SeekAndFind
This is the second time an article about the next version of Windows call it version 10.x?

What happened to version 9?

6 posted on 10/22/2014 2:30:37 PM PDT by Lx (Do you like it? Do you like it, Scott? I call it, "Mr. & Mrs. Tenorman Chili.")
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To: Lx

It was called 8.1


9 posted on 10/22/2014 2:34:52 PM PDT by antidisestablishment (When the passion of your convictions surpass those of your leader, it's past time for a change.)
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To: Lx
What happened to version 9?

They skipped it. Many applications contain code to check the version number of Windows, and assume Windows 95 or 98 if the version number starts with 9.

Rather than break all that old code they went to 10.

16 posted on 10/22/2014 2:59:06 PM PDT by ken in texas
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