[rightistight]

They’re skipping the name “Windows 9,” then, I take it?

[MortMan]

Someone made the mistake of promising “9” for free.

Therefore, “9” shall never exist.

[dfwgator]

They’re skipping the name “Windows 9,” then, I take it?

My understanding is that the reason they are skipping "Windows 9" is that it might break some legacy software that checks for the versions of Windows, and it might confuse "Windows 9" for Windows 95 or 98.