Microsoft Confused About Windows Version Numbering?
BBC News is today reporting that Microsoft demoed “touch Windows” at a recent conference.
According to the report, the new version has the tag “Windows 7″. I don’t know whether it’s Microsoft or BBC that’s created this title, but it’s wrong.
Starting with the earliest “big business” version and looking at only the mainstream releases1, we have Windows 3 and 3.11 (Workgroups). Then there was Windows ‘95 (version 4), then ‘98 (version 5). Following that was Windows ‘98 (and version ‘98b) for version 6 and Windows ME makes version 7. So, Windows XP is version 8 and Vista version 9.
This would, surely, makes the latest incarnation after Vista at least version 10? Even with Microsoft/BBC ignoring ME and Vista for the utter shit that they were, it would still make “touch Windows” version 8.
This paragraph in the report made me laugh:
Mr Gates, who will remain as chairman of Microsoft, said he would still have an office in Redmond and spend time writing, thinking and working on a variety of pet projects including the next generation Microsoft Office.
Rather than working on “Pet Projects” (Office a pet project now???) perhaps he should be spending time teaching his marketing people to count…
- not counting MCE and similar. ↩
4 Responses to “Microsoft Confused About Windows Version Numbering?”
Wolfie - May 28th, 2008
I was going to say that I think they take the numbering from NT, but even that doesn’t work out. Maybe this is why Microsoft software is so problematic - they fundamentally don’t understand numbers, so nothign ever adds up properly.
Wolfie - May 28th, 2008
http://windows7news.com/2008/02/06/why-is-the-next-windows-called-windows-7/#comment-418
One explanation that may or may not be the right one; Microsoft just ignore certain versions of the OS at random.
Collin - May 29th, 2008
You know, I forgot to include 2000 and NT! Oops! Just realised though (thinking about it via your link) perhaps it’s just “business” versions. Although, even then they would have missed Windows 2000.
cwxwwwxdfvwwxwx - December 26th, 2008
well, hi admin adn people nice forum indeed. how’s life? hope it’s introduce branch ;)
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