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9 is, amusingly, a 4 anyway.
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I thought it was because they wanted to avoid the possibility of Apple commercials with a frantic Hitler
yelling "Windows!!! Nein!!! Nein!!! Nein!!!"
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Now that[^]... is the real reason! 
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I think the interwebs may have figured out the true reason, yes. Seems all to believable (and those code search results make it more believable). 
TTFN - Kent
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How can they be so sure that all ...
if(version.StartsWith("Windows 1"))
... code is already out of production 
modified 19-Nov-18 21:01pm.
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That's a damn good question you just raised here!  
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The languages that included the .StartsWith method didn't exist until later. Also, the installers for those programs are all 16 bit installers and won't run on current versions of Windows.
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they should name it windows me 10
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Just wondering ... seeing all the hype about it being SSSSOOOO "wonderful" ... did they think of it i.t.o. "It's a totally 'new' windows - like in Windows 2.0"?
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And then realizing: "That's already been used"
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And then some "brilliant" meeting participant "remembering" that "computers count in 1s & 0s" ... I can just imagine the sort of meeting (having had several of those myself - ending in me just hanging my head)
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I thought that myself, but then I realized that Intel processors are little-endian. Which would make it "Windows One", surely?
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Exactly! That's one of the reasons I'd have just hung my head in that meeting ... not worth shaking!
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I think a lot of people are misreading it as "Windows Ten". It's clearly "Windows Two".
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It's a binary number and part of the new low-numbering scheme. XBOX ONE, Windows TWO. Makes sense.
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So then you mean we can expect a 360 / 365 in the future (or should that be past)?
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Good point! No counting of any chickens allowed (especially not with Microsoft's invention of a new numbering system)!
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M$ may find themselves in court again if they claim to have invented binary numbers! I'm pretty sure that claim has already been made by Apple and Samsung!
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Windows 10 ie- Starts with a 1 (positive) and ends with a 0 (non-positive)- if it really follows Win8
Hope it is more like a TEN- sportslike lucky number for all
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My kids told me that MS had to use 10, because 7 8 9. 
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I think it's because they introduced Windows 95 using the Rolling Stone's "Start Me Up".
They're just trying to speed towards Windows 11 so they can use Spinal Tap's "Gimme Some Money".
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Maybe they are just Red Dwarf[^] fans. They skipped series 9.
Series VIII - Back to Earth - Series X
From the above link:
"Red Dwarf series 9 is actually mentioned in Back To Earth as being the 'best season ever' by the sc-fi memorabilia shop owner. And earlier, when Lister reads the back of the DVD box for Back To Earth, it says, "Back To Earth takes place after series 10"."
So, series 9 was the best, but never existed. Maybe now Microsoft will claim that Windows 9 was the 'best Windows ever!' without ever actually having to make it.
I have always wished for my computer to be as easy to use as my telephone; my wish has come true because I can no longer figure out how to use my telephone - Bjarne Stroustrup
The world is going to laugh at you anyway, might as well crack the 1st joke!
My code has no bugs, it runs exactly as it was written.
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We are researchers conducting a survey on fatigue and programming.
http://checkbox.io/studies/?id=542c520300b6a6f927000182[^]
We previously studied other factors of in the workplace (e.g., Programmer, Interrupted). Your answers will help researchers gather data about fatigue and investigate possible detection and alleviation mechanisms. This will also help us understand and investigate an opposite state of fatigue: flow.
Serious and fun answers welcome in the thread 
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