Another version of Windows 9 name

As you said, because 9 is negative in German, microsoft called it 8.1.
After windows 7 (6.1), microsoft made small changes to their operating system.
So, after 6.1, came 6.2 (w8), then 6.3 (should be 9) and finally we will have
6.4 or Windows 10.

Me wrote:
As you said, because 9 is negative in German, microsoft called it 8.1.
After windows 7 (6.1), microsoft made small changes to their operating
system.
So, after 6.1, came 6.2 (w8), then 6.3 (should be 9) and finally we will
have 6.4 or Windows 10.

6.3 is 8.1 ([Version 6.3.9600])

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...(v=vs.85).aspx

8.1 version increment is consistent with the same increment that
occurred for Server 2008 and 2012 when they changed to the R2 specifier.

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msft mvp consumer apps

On Fri, 10 Oct 2014 15:22:15 +0100, Me wrote:

As you said,

Who is "you" ? FYI It's a lot easier if you stay in the same thread
instead of starting a new one.

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"Me" wrote:

As you said, because 9 is negative in German, microsoft called it 8.1.

That's ridiculous. "Nine" in German is "neun". The digit 9 means the
same thing in German as in English. The German word for "No" is "Nein"
pronounced the same way as the English "Nine". No chance of mistaking
the version number for the word "No".

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Tim Slattery
tim at risingdove dot com