Intel might have slipped that Windows 12 is indeed coming next year
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During a recent earnings call, Intel chief financial officer Dave Zinsner mentioned a "Windows Refresh" expected in 2024. He doesn't explicitly mention Windows 12, but his comments...

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  • Mic_Check_One_Two@reddthat.comEnglish
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    1 year ago

    9 was skipped because there was concern with old/lazily coded programs running in compatibility mode for Windows 9x versions.

    Basically, when the windows versions went from Win95/98/ME to 2000 and XP, some lazy programmers went “well by the time Windows 2090 rolls around I’ll be dead” and just had their programs check the windows version for a 9 when deciding whether or not to run in compatibility mode. If it detected a 9, then it would run in compatibility for 95/98/ME.

    Microsoft wanted to avoid this potential issue, so they just skipped version 9 altogether and jumped straight to 10.