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

So if I understood, existing code (somewhere, somewhen) used "Windows 9*"
as a name fragment to assist in recognizing if the given OS were Windows
95/98... and a genuine Windows 9 would potentially cause applications with
that kind of lazy coding technique to now get their comeuppance. I don't
see insulating misguided coding practices from the due rewards of their
errantry to be a valid reason for skipping a version.

May be true, but it's a silly condescension in my view.
 On Oct 1, 2014 9:43 PM, "Hans-Christian Andersen" <hans.andersen at phulse.com>
wrote:

> Don't see why. A name is just a name. They could call it whatever thy like
> internally.
>
> - Hans
>
>
> > On Oct 1, 2014, at 6:29 PM, Darryl Collins <
> darryl at whittleconsulting.com.au> wrote:
> >
> > Good Theory and likely a real issue as well...
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > 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...
> >
> >  _____
> >
> > 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
> > Android Developer, EcoATM
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> > C: 858-342-8926
> >
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