Windows 10

[kyuven]

i have a slightly off-topic question...
The heck happened to Windows 9?

[Delily]

i have a slightly off-topic question...
The heck happened to Windows 9?

The numbers that go with Windows are arbitrary. In fact, what we know as Windows 8,1 is really version 6.3.9600. There have been several reasons given, the first being that "7 8 9", and that 10 is really binary (which is 2 in decimal). In any event, it's just a marketing decision.

[stupiddog]

i have a slightly off-topic question...
The heck happened to Windows 9?

There are lots of Windows applications out there which do a very stupid form of version checking: They ask for the Windows version string and compare the first digit (!) they find. In this (flawed) logic, these applications would interpret "Windows 9" as "Windows 95 or Windows 98".

So, in order to keep these (broken) applications functioning, Microsoft decided to skip Windows 9 and go straight to Windows 10. BTW, there is no risk for applications written for "Windows 1", since these applications are so extremely old that they have stopped working a long time ago. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_1.0)

[Catwho]

i have a slightly off-topic question...
The heck happened to Windows 9?

Marketing decision to skip it to get as far away from Windows 8 as possible.

I wish I was kidding.

[Gramul]

The heck happened to Windows 9?

Bizarre marketing decisions.


I'll be sticking away form 10 for about a year just in case something terrible happens with it.
I simply don't trust Microsoft enough right now.

[Haibel]

Bizarre marketing decisions.


I'll be sticking away form 10 for about a year just in case something terrible happens with it.
I simply don't trust Microsoft enough right now.

No point in holding off, it works great, been running it for nearly a nine months. Every little update has added something new and it's shaping up to be great.
when it's releases it will be ready for prime time. I can't wait for it to roll out so I can start deploying it at work to shut up the win 8 complaints.

[Gramul]

No point in holding off, it works great, been running it for nearly a nine months. Every little update has added something new and it's shaping up to be great.
when it's releases it will be ready for prime time. I can't wait for it to roll out so I can start deploying it at work to shut up the win 8 complaints.

Like I said. I just don't trust them right now. I'm going to be very cautious moving forward.

I appreciate that it looks like they're trying to listen to their customers. But after 8, the phone (Which I am still stuck with), and the initial XBONE plans, I'm extremely wary of what they're doing.

[Fortified]

Like I said. I just don't trust them right now. I'm going to be very cautious moving forward.

I appreciate that it looks like they're trying to listen to their customers. But after 8, the phone (Which I am still stuck with), and the initial XBONE plans, I'm extremely wary of what they're doing.

1. I use Win 8. It works fine.
2. The issue with WinPhone is its lack of apps which is caused by its lack of marketshare which is caused by its lack of apps. It's a vicious cycle; it's not really the OS's fault.
3. Xbox and Windows are part of separate teams at Microsoft. That's like blaming Yoshi-P for Final Fantasy XIII.

[Gramul]

1. I use Win 8. It works fine.
2. The issue with WinPhone is its lack of apps which is caused by its lack of marketshare which is caused by its lack of apps. It's a vicious cycle; it's not really the OS's fault.
3. Xbox and Windows are part of separate teams at Microsoft. That's like blaming Yoshi-P for Final Fantasy XIII.

1. I've had to use Windows 8 at work often. It works fine. But the interface is an ugly nightmare as far as I'm concerned. Requiring more swapping between keyboard and clicking. Pointlessly obscuring basic interface principles. Those garish squares. Not my cup of tea, as it is more of a poison to my already strained patience.
2. I plainly don't care. And judging by the trash that is on the store (emulators, broken apps, charging for ripoffs), neither do they. Not to mention all the constant crashes when I use it.
3. It had to have been approved at one point by the company higherups. Which is why I'm still wary of the company as a whole

I'm waiting. Not decrying. Not denouncing. Waiting.

[Averax]

i have a slightly off-topic question...
The heck happened to Windows 9?

I thought there was originally going to be windows 9 and 10. 9 was going to be free for all users with windows 7 and 8, and 10 was going to have a subscription model for some reason. However, they threw out the subscription idea, eliminated windows 9, and the free offering was changed to be windows 10 for all 7 and 8 users.