[AccessD] FW: Why they called it Windows 10, and not Windows 9...

Good Theory and likely a real issue as well...

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From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin
Sent: Thursday, 2 October 2014 11:22 AM
To: 'Off Topic'; 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
Subject: [AccessD] FW: Why they called it Windows 10, and not Windows 9...

another theory...

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From: Noah Sutton-Smolin [mailto:noahsutsmo at gmail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2014 6:17 PM
To: Rocky Smolin
Subject: Why they called it Windows 10, and not Windows 9...


Since Windows 2000, people have used the condition:

    if(os.version.startswith("Windows 9") || os.version.startswith("Windows
ME"))

or some such equivalent to identify Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows ME.

It's in thousands of lines of code, all over the place. Calling it "Windows
9" would break too many applications for Microsoft to bother.

https://searchcode.com/?q=startswith%28%22windows%5C+9%22%29


++Noah Sutton-Smolin 
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