On February 2, 2015 12:02:30 PM CST, "Michael E. Jaggers" <[email protected]> wrote: > Not quite. The version skip was caused by the method that some > programs were parsing the version string. They saw "Windows 95" and > "Windows 98" as being equivalent to "Windows 9". Skipping the > "Windows 9" designation bypassed that issue. > > > Mike > > -----Original Message----- > From: Curt Lundgren > Sent: Feb 2, 2015 11:49 AM > To: NLUG > Subject: Re: [nlug] I never saw this form of Windows 10 coming! > > 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. > > > > > _____________________________________________ > > > > 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. > > > > > -- > -- > 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.
So, such buggy software will see Windows 10 as if it were Windows 1? -- John F. Eldredge -- [email protected] "Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that." -- Martin Luther King, Jr. -- -- 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.
