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You know how Windows 10 is really just Windows 9, but they skipped 9, because deep in the Windows code calling it Windows 9 would make it think it was from the 90s (Win 95, 98), so they just skipped over 9 to avoid that problem?

Why didn't they just spell it Windows IX or Windows Nine?

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7 hours ago, Doom Metal Alchemist said:

You know how Windows 10 is really just Windows 9, but they skipped 9, because deep in the Windows code calling it Windows 9 would make it think it was from the 90s (Win 95, 98), so they just skipped over 9 to avoid that problem?

Why didn't they just spell it Windows IX or Windows Nine?

Maybe because Nine sounds like Nein (No).  "Windows No" wouldn't have much of a cachet to it.

As for a name like they did with Vista, nobody seemed to like Vista - so that was a non-starter.

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3 minutes ago, tsar4 said:

Maybe because Nine sounds like Nein (No).  "Windows No" wouldn't have much of a cachet to it.

As for a name like they did with Vista, nobody seemed to like Vista - so that was a non-starter.

Your reason for them not using "nine" is honestly kind of stupid. Your reason for them not using a word like Vista is a very good point though.

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5 minutes ago, Doom Metal Alchemist said:

Your reason for them not using "nine" is honestly kind of stupid. Your reason for them not using a word like Vista is a very good point though.

No dumber that that Meme about the Chevy Nova not selling in Mexico because it sounded like "No Va" (No Go), so "Bite the Wax Tadpole"!

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