James Domingo added the comment:
Per SilentGhost's request, reposting my message from issue 27890 here --
The platform.release() function in Python 3.5.1 returns the correct value on
Windows 2008 Server R2:
C:\Users\jdoe\Documents\Python>python-3.5.1-embed-amd64\python.exe
Python 3.
New submission from James Domingo:
The platform.release() function in Python 3.5.1 returns the correct value on
Windows 2008 Server R2:
C:\Users\jdoe\Documents\Python>python-3.5.1-embed-amd64\python.exe
Python 3.5.1 (v3.5.1:37a07cee5969, Dec 6 2015, 01:54:25) [MSC v.1900 64 bit
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