[Gllug] MS grumbles (was: take a lookat my photos on Facebook)

[Peter Childs]

2009/11/9 Matthew King <matthew.king at monnsta.net>
>
> Peter Corlett <abuse at cabal.org.uk> writes:
>
> > NT 5.0 = Windows 2000
> > NT 5.1 = Windows XP
> >
> > NT 6.0 = Vista
> > NT 6.1 = Windows 7
> >
> > This makes sense when you consider the similarity between the two
> > point release operating systems for each release.
>
> So actually they're being true to form and not weird at all[1]
>
> Windows 98 is the final product where Windows 95 is beta.
>
> Windows XP is the final product where Windows 2000 is beta.
>
> Windows 7 is the final product where Windows Vista is beta.
>
> It all makes sense now, although they do confuse the world mightily with
> a clear-as-mud distinction between the marketing version number (95, 98,
> 2000, xp, vista, 7) and the actual version number (4, 4.[ugly], 5, 5.1,
> 6 and 6.1).
>
> The rationale for using 6.1 instead of 7.0 is that bumping a major
> version number breaks backwards compatibility. Does this mean that for
> ever onwards windows will internally be 6.something, thus repeating the
> fun had by IE identifying itself as 'Mozilla'.
>
> Matthew
>

Just the same way Linux has got it self stuck on 2.6 then :)

Are there any plans for 2.8 or 3 or is it going to be 2.6.somthing for
ever, no matter what changes...

Peter.
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