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Leaks confirm low takeup for Windows 11 (www.theregister.com)
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Leaks confirm low takeup for Windows 11::Time to rethink Windows 10 support cycle then?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The did name it something else. They named it 10. A lot of programs had checks for windows version looking for 9 for 95/98 which would cause issues without updates. So it's better to avoid it altogether.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

That's an urban myth. Programs check for the internal windows version major and minor number which doesn't resemble the official name in any way. The version for Windows 9x was version 4 and the version for Windows 9 (if it existed) would have been 7.