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So, by this versioning logic, Microsoft would also have to skip Windows 70-89, and many versions after 99, since 10-69 and 90-99 would be used by that time. They'd also have to skip 95 and 98, of course.

Am I missing any other versions, or can we expect 11, 12, 13, etc (all the way until 69)?

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The point is that checking of the OS name starts with "Windows 9" is a common thing that apps did.

Its not about Microsoft logic, its about breaking existing apps.

They are badly written, but the only person who will pay is the user, not the dev.

No, I get it. I was just extrapolating, since presumably devs are still checking if the name starts with "Windows 7", "Windows 8", etc. But maybe they're not. Either way, if it's the user's problem, it's Microsoft's problem.

People only checked for the 9 because 98 and 95 both start with 9 and it was easy to support both at the same time. Other versions can be more explicitly checked.

Windows 69 probably isn't a great name.

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