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What the hell is Windows 9
It does not exist.
They skipped windows 9 because a bunch of old software checked for the string "windows 9" in the OS version to do compatibility checks, as this matches both windows 95 and windows 98. They didn't want all that software suddenly thinking it could run on the new version also.
Thank you for the explanation, but this image also has Windows 9 in it, which is what I was referencing 🤣
An empty whiteboard.