But most people believed that every other Windows version was good, and hated Windows 8.
Skipping windows 9 is what did them in. Remember when they announced they were skipping 9 and going straight to 10? The writing was on the wall, and plenty of people mention it then.
They had to skip Windows 9 for technical reasons. A lot of poorly written software was checking the version string and refusing to run because it assumed any version number that started with “Windows 9” was Windows 95 or Windows 98. They didn’t skip a whole release cycle, they just changed the version number from 9 to 10.
Windows 8 with classic shell was fine, I thought.
But most people believed that every other Windows version was good, and hated Windows 8.
Skipping windows 9 is what did them in. Remember when they announced they were skipping 9 and going straight to 10? The writing was on the wall, and plenty of people mention it then.
Media Center was… extra
They had to skip Windows 9 for technical reasons. A lot of poorly written software was checking the version string and refusing to run because it assumed any version number that started with “Windows 9” was Windows 95 or Windows 98. They didn’t skip a whole release cycle, they just changed the version number from 9 to 10.
looks like they doubled down on poorly written software instead