[aklug] Re: Windows 7 Beta Program

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From: David Prentice <ak.prentice@gmail.com>
Date: Monday, January 12, 2009 12:48 pm
Subject: [aklug] Re: Windows 7 Beta Program
Cc: aklug@aklug.org

> I don't understand the math leading to the '7' in "Windows 7".

<snip>

The first release of Windows was Windows 1.0, the second was Windows 2.0, the third Windows 3.0.

After Windows 3.0 was Windows NT which was code versioned as Windows 3.1. Then came Windows 95, which was code versioned as Windows 4.0. Then, Windows 98, 98 SE and Windows Millennium each shipped as 4.0.1998, 4.10.2222, and 4.90.3000, respectively. So all 9x versions are counted as being 4.0.

Windows 2000 code was 5.0 and then Windows XP shipped as 5.1 to maximize application compatibility.

Windows Vista is then 6.0.

~Clay

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