Microsoft might drop Windows version numbers

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#4909444
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My oh my! Should we expect then, that the free upgrading will go on "forever and one day" after buying a copy of "Window$", since, before there were clearly designated "version numbers" or specific names added to the basis consisting of the word "Window$"?:infinity:
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More likely if they do drop version numbers, the sheer amount of people who still call it Windows 9, by the next release they'll backtrack and return version numbers again Look how impossible it was to get people to drop "Metro" and start using "Modern" It would be a stupid move on MS part if they do this, it will just cause ultimate confusion for everyone
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More likely if they do drop version numbers, the sheer amount of people who still call it Windows 9, by the next release they'll backtrack and return version numbers again Look how impossible it was to get people to drop "Metro" and start using "Modern" It would be a stupid move on MS part if they do this, it will just cause ultimate confusion for everyone
I agree. It would be like what they did with the Xbox one name. Since the original Xbox was dubbed the Xbox1 by the modding community and users/fans. And MS came out with the Xbox One.
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More likely if they do drop version numbers, the sheer amount of people who still call it Windows 9, by the next release they'll backtrack and return version numbers again Look how impossible it was to get people to drop "Metro" and start using "Modern" It would be a stupid move on MS part if they do this, it will just cause ultimate confusion for everyone
I wasn't even aware that they renamed it.
#4909501
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I thought of some possible names.. Windows Next Windows One Windows 180 Windows 360 Of if it's a subscription based OS "shudders at the thought" Windows 365 xD
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Why not use the most common reference: F*cking Windows!!
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Of if it's a subscription based OS "shudders at the thought" Windows 365
Anything but that...
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W9 would be a pretty cool acronym.
#4909585
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No problem...
Yeah that would be no good, especially in leap years 🤓
...because, it can be a "Win 36x", too. Or (yeah, why not) "Win All year through"... 🙄
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B9 has my vote for a name. Then on the bsd front a good name would be cerulean.
#4909633
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Well OSX tends to be referred to by it's code name rather than number. Probably be similar with a sub name and the version number will be internal for the most part. Not that I care anymore, I just use Windows for Steam client only. It's Mac for everything else.
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I really think I'm at that point which many people talk about doing, but rarely actually do- switch to Linux as a main OS and keep Windows 7 for games. Either Debian or Fedora. Not that Linux is a utopian OS or that Windows is bad. But more from a post Snowden kinda stance.
The idea would be that, in the mind of the consumer, Windows is just Windows, and that all of these different names and flavors are just confusing (“Why is it called Windows Phone if it can’t run my Windows programs?”).
Are they market targeting 4 year olds? I'll never get marketing logic.
#4909649
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Tech Support: How can I help you today? Client: My Windows will not load. Tech Support: Sorry to hear this, first off what version are you running? Client: Ummm Windows Tech Support: Yes you are running Windows but what version? Client: It's just Windows! You see where this is going.
#4909654
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Tech Support: Sorry to hear this, first off what version are you running? Client: Ummm Windows Tech Support: Yes you are running Windows but what version? Client: It's just Windows!
/thread They might change the name, but it'll probably never be just "Windows" for that exact reason. Actually, the whole reason they don't say "Windows 8" in the ad is probably more because 9 is right around the corner. They don't want to make it seem like their phone won't work on 8 or 9, so they just simplify it in the commercial.
#4909715
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Why not use the most common reference: F*cking Windows!!
In that case "It BSoD'd again" or "Not another ****ing BSoD" would also work for a name....