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Who gets to 11 first

1st to 11

  • Windows

  • MacOS

  • Spinal Tap OS


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lamedude

Golden Member
Apple has a 14 year head start but when MS commits to something they're pretty quick to do an about face.
 
OSX is going to stay on 10 for a while I think.

Microsoft is going to keep releasing lacklustre operating systems with bigger and bigger numbers.
 
If you already have to worry! Worry about what version 13 will do on Fridays.



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It seems that Microsoft is going to stick with Windows 10 for a while, maybe they will release the next Windows with a codename and a number, just like Apple.
 
Mac OS has been on version 10 almost as long as versions 1-9. It's a brand name, not just a version number.

Microsoft skipped 9 to copy them. :colbert:
 
Mac OS has been on version 10 almost as long as versions 1-9. It's a brand name, not just a version number.

Microsoft skipped 9 to copy them. :colbert:

Microsoft skipped 9 because of people writing terrible code that basically did a check of "if 9 is in version number, then it's Windows 95-98/SE" - iirc, it was mostly terrible Java code at that.

Code:
f (name.startsWith("windows")) {
            name = "windows";
            if (name.startsWith("windows 9")) {
                if (version.startsWith("4.0")) {
                    version = "95";
                } else if (version.startsWith("4.9")) {
                    version = "me";
                } else {
                    assert version.startsWith("4.1");
                    version = "98";
                }
            }
 
Microsoft skipped 9 because of people writing terrible code that basically did a check of "if 9 is in version number, then it's Windows 95-98/SE" - iirc, it was mostly terrible Java code at that.

Code:
f (name.startsWith("windows")) {
            name = "windows";
            if (name.startsWith("windows 9")) {
                if (version.startsWith("4.0")) {
                    version = "95";
                } else if (version.startsWith("4.9")) {
                    version = "me";
                } else {
                    assert version.startsWith("4.1");
                    version = "98";
                }
            }

If that were the case, they'd call it 9 and use 10 internally like all the other versions. I think 10 is a better fresh start.
 
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