| Seems MS is good at trying to trick people, just by using different | names. I found an article written by MS. The reason they are calling | the next version Windows 10, is "to put some distance between Windows | 8". THe reason is because the original release of Windows 8 was a flop | too, but their 8.1 sort of fixed some of that. | | But so what????? So we skipped a number...... Who cares, it's still the | same product (the next release after Windows 8.x). |
I think they also skipped at least one number in the IE versioning, in order to match the Netscape versions at the time. But... it's their product. And version numbers don't represent anything in particular. Sometimes a new version is a big change. Sometimes companies just push out a new version because they're trying to make money. Some software takes years to get to v. 1, while Mozilla turns out a whole version number increase about every six weeks, makin their version numbers all but meaningless.
I found it more confusing that they named the Metro system Windows RT. That was the limited Metro-only system on most tablets. But Metro didn't even have windows, the namesake of the OS! Only one, fullscreen program could be run at a time. And Windows software won't run on RT. A lot of people were surprised to get their "Windows RT" tablet home and try using it.
I wouldn't be surprised if MS even phases out the Windows name. Based on the rumors going around and what they've said, it sounds like MS is hoping to start an entirely new chapter in their business -- devices with services rather than OS software.
I'm especially curious how that will play out with their corporate customers. I read last week that Citigroup estimates non-corporate Windows sales are only about 2% of the total. Their real customer is business. Asking business to switch over to hosted services, with no control over how the system works or where company records are stored, and perhaps with all previous Windows software phased out, is a big thing to ask.