Re: [LUG] OT: [Fwd: Tech changes 'outstrip' netbooks]

[Julian Hall <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Henry Bremridge wrote:
> My understanding was that a key issue was copyright. For some
> reason it is (was) apparently easier to protect your product if it was
> named as opposed to numbered.
>
> Presumably this is no longer an issue or perhaps "Windows" plus a number
> is sufficiently protected. 
>
> If so then Windows 3..
> Windows 4 = 95? in 1995?
> Windows 5 = XP? in 2003?
> Windows 6 = Vista? in 2006?
> Windows 7 in 2009
Interesting.  I would make it:

Windows 4 = 95
Windows 5 = ME
Windows 6 = 2000

WTH happens then?  Your numbers may be more accurate if MS decide they 
want to draw a veil over the disaster of ME.  Why they choose to ignore 
2K is another matter.

Julian

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