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To: SeekAndFind

No 9?


3 posted on 12/04/2014 1:26:52 PM PST by ExGeeEye (The enemy's gate is down...and to the left.)
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To: ExGeeEye

They want it to be called the perfect ‘10’.................


4 posted on 12/04/2014 1:28:43 PM PST by Red Badger (If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
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To: ExGeeEye
No 9?

They actually did build version 9, but after beta testing, decided to call the finished product 'Windows 10'.

There are articles out there about it.

10 posted on 12/04/2014 1:46:45 PM PST by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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No 9?

My understanding is that MSFT started on Win 9, planning on continuing the "legacy" of Win 8. But they got such bad feedback on Win 8 that they decided to drop Win 9 and begin fresh with Win 10.

IMHO, a lot of this had to do with Satya Nadella taking over from Steve Ballmer.

16 posted on 12/04/2014 1:57:35 PM PST by upchuck (Ferguson: Put your hands down and go to work!)
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To: ExGeeEye

Why no 9?... they found that older software that would look to see what version it was on could think it was win 95 or 98.. they the just bumped the name to window 10.

I’ve ran a VM of it an like it a lot.. it’s what windows 8 could on been...

microsoft just seem to get it OS’ s right every..
other.. time...

Win 8 joins, 95, Millennium and Vista in the dog pile

Win 10 looks like the new 98, XP, Win 7


28 posted on 12/04/2014 3:15:38 PM PST by tophat9000 (An Eye for an Eye, a Word for a Word...nothing more)
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To: ExGeeEye

No 9.

That’s because seven (7) ate (8) nine (9)

Supposedly because programs check for version 95 and 98 by just using the 9


31 posted on 12/04/2014 3:39:20 PM PST by Pikachu_Dad (Impeach Sen Quinn)
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To: ExGeeEye

or Win 8.2


33 posted on 12/04/2014 3:40:56 PM PST by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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