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Granfalloon - Thanks for reminding me of this concept.
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See the cat? See the cradle?
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Two theories:
1) To avoid "Wine" as the nickname
2) To allow for a Windows 9 to be shoehorned in instead of a "Windows 8.2"
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I think the research is flawed, the vast majority of decision making executives are male of a certain age and 9 is the number of months to bring forth a new potential executive. All males have negative reactions to 9, alright most males!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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I cant wait for Windows 95 to come around. Based on the current release cycle of every 2 years it should be out in 2184. Give or take depending on how many version numbers they skip.
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At what point will we have an integer overflow (taking into consideration the eventual progression of bitness in processors) and go back to calling it Windows 1 again?
My plan is to live forever ... so far so good
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DJ van Wyk wrote: At what point will we have an integer overflow .. It'll be a long time. And if their past history is anything to go by, it'll be Windows -2147483648
We can program with only 1's, but if all you've got are zeros, you've got nothing.
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Already happened. I've lost count of the number of websites that think I'm using IE 1.
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Perhaps Microsoft, in their wisdom, has switched to using base 9, in which case Windows 10 is actually Windows 9 in denary?
Be careful when using the calculator app though, or when viewing how much RAM you've got installed
How do you know so much about swallows? Well, you have to know these things when you're a king, you know.
modified 31-Aug-21 21:01pm.
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Actually it's because they can't count.
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I think it's because they already know it'll be a crappy release, and they want to stick to the pattern:
XP - good
Vista - Bad
7 - Good
8 - Bad
9 - Should be good, but it'll be skipped
10 - Bad
This isn't a signature
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I just wish they released 8.1 as 9, rather than skipping the number
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.NET has overloaded . operator. (. is equal +)
that way
8.1 = 9
That is why Next Windows is 10
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There is no any secrets - MS just used positive reaction when people see "round" numbers - 10, 100, 1000... Plus "big increase" in numbers helps to convince people that there was "big change" in system.
Personally I don't believe there was something "rewritten from scratch" - MS has no brains to do that. Most probably it's Win-8 with "new hat" - new UI above old ugly Windows.
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Windows nine wouldn't work too well in German speaking countries
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I had thought about the German meaning "no" when I heard it.
I remember when Windows NT first came out (and did not work very well), the community said that NT meant, "Not Today". I think Microsoft would like to avoid those type of connotations again. Sure, they fixed up NT as they moved forward, but the "Not Today" moniker held on for a long time.
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I have also heard speculation that it was due to the perception in Japan of '9' being an unlucky number.
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It has something to do with Bo Derek.
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High version number implies more changes.
TOMZ_KV
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Yeah, because Snopes is the ultimate bastion of truth.
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...because Microsoft uses base 9. No other reason.
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Obviously it's Microsoft Time; "7 Windows Remaining; 8 Windows Remaining; 7 Windows Remaining; 10 Windows Remaining" *Cancel*
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