I think there’s a few OSes that are numbered (NT 3.1, 3.5, 4.0 etc.). Others had years (95, 98, 2000 etc.)
Windows 95 is not an environment that runs on top of DOS. DOS is used to bootstrap the system, however once the Win95 loader takes over, DOS is relegated to a “VM” effectively, to run 16bit DOS apps. Win95 implements its own 32bit kernel, virtual memory manager, driver framework etc: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_95 (or there’s great coverage in the earlier editions of Windows Internals) NT Family Consumer Family Apr 1992 Windows 3.1 Oct 1992 WfW 3.1 July 1993 Windows NT 3.1 Sep 1994 Windows NT 3.5 May 1995 Windows NT 3.51 Aug 1995 Windows 95 July 1996 Windows NT 4.0 Aug 1998 Windows 98 Feb 2000 Windows 2000 Sep 2000 Windows ME Oct 2001 Windows XP (5.1) Nov 2006 Windows Vista (6) Oct 2009 Windows 7 (6.1) Oct 2012 Windows 8 (6.2) Oct 2013 Windows 8.1 (6.3) Cheers Ken From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Melvin Backus Sent: Thursday, 2 October 2014 11:00 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] #windowsnext is the hashtag to follow Windows 8.x was an anomaly. Well, OK, maybe a temporary return to anomalous behavior? Looking at what we’ve had there hasn’t been a numbered version except 7 and 8, at least that were actually true operating systems. Windows 1.0 (not really an OS, just an application specific environment running on DOS) Windows 2.0 (not really an OS, just an environment running on DOS) Windows 3.x (not really an OS, just an environment running on DOS) Windows 95 (not really an OS, just an environment running on DOS) Windows NT 3.5 Windows NT 4.0 Windows ME Windows 2000 Windows XP Windows 7 Windows 8.x And if you look at the version numbers from within the OS, XP was really 5, while 7, 8, 8.1, all report as version 6.x Has anyone loaded the preview yet? How does it report? I’m guessing it doesn’t report as 9, more likely 6.4.x. I’ve downloaded it but haven’t time to load it yet. -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't. From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Hank Arnold Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2014 4:29 AM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] #windowsnext is the hashtag to follow Seriously, I suspect it was decided to make a virtual break from W8. W10 is not just a follow-on for W8. Regards, Hank Arnold [MVP Logo_Small] Consumer Security “There are 10 kinds of people in the world... Those who understand binary and those who don't.” My Blog: http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/personal-pc-assistant/ Twitter: @Hank_PCDoc Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hank.arnold.96 From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael B. Smith Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 1:15 PM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] #windowsnext is the hashtag to follow As Scott Hanselman tweeted…. It had to be Windows 10… because 7 8 9 From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jonathan Link Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 1:08 PM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] #windowsnext is the hashtag to follow Well, at least they didn't go with #wtf. On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 1:04 PM, Rod Trent <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Actually, it’s been shortened. Now: #wth From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] On Behalf Of Michael B. Smith Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 12:55 PM Subject: [NTSysADM] #windowsnext is the hashtag to follow
