My understanding is they're skipping version 9 in part to avoid OS identification issues (win95, win98)
On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 11:48 AM, Jim Peterson <[email protected]> wrote: > I had read somewhere (Mashable, maybe?) that the reason for the 10 was to > distance itself from Windows 8. Purely a marketing ploy. > > Jim > > > On 2/2/2015 11:43 AM, Chris McQuistion wrote: > > It's also going to be free-ish (a free upgrade from Windows 7 or 8, from > what I've read.) > > Interesting that they're skipping over version 9 and going straight to > version 10, to try to get version parity with OS X. > > I think by Microsoft embracing Raspberry Pi and ARM and doing some > free-ish offerings, I think their product will likely improve and the race > for better OS' for all might be better off. > > Chris > > On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 11:28 AM, Mark J. Bailey <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Sacrilege? >> >> >> >> >> http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/15/02/02/1326225/microsoft-announces-windows-for-raspberry-pi-2?utm_source=slashdot&utm_medium=facebook >> >> >> >> >> >> ________________________________________________________ >> Mark J. Bailey Jobsoft Design & Development, Inc. >> 104 Arlington Place, Suite 100 Franklin, TN 37064 >> EMAIL: [email protected] WEB: http://www.jobsoft.com/ >> VOICE:(615)904-9559 FAX:(615)904-9576 CELL:(615)308-9099 >> -- >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "NLUG" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "NLUG" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > > ------------------------------ > <http://www.avast.com/> > > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > www.avast.com > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
