Banned for not knowing that he was talking about this.

Banned because the reason they did that was because in some parts of Asia, 9 is considered an unlucky number, and they were afraid that it wouldn't sell well there; also, they had been working on a version 9, which was really glitchy, or otherwise rumored to be so, and it was hurting the reputation, so to fix these problems, they just renumbered it 10. What's really stupid is that they started out with more traditional version numbers, i.e. 3.1, then moved onto 95, 98, ME, XP, Vista, and also separately from that, they did NT through about 4.0, and then version 5.0 was actually 2000, even though that number would have suggested that it was an upgrade to 98, but it wasn't really, and then they started making Windows Server 2003, etc. So really, how is Windows 7 really the seventh version? In what way were there six versions before it? Is it something esoteric within the way the kernel is structured that nobody even knows about outside of Microsoft?

Banned because I appreciate the detailed reply. Thank you.

^Banned because version is nothing but a number. You have the build that you feel you have.


... but the Xbox naming really is a disgrace. I gave up trying to make some sense out of it.
I can understand that the 360 was not labeled "Xbox2" because Sony was on it's way with the PS3 and many stupid customers would assume that the XBox2 was a older model than the Playstation3, but after that? That was pure nonsense.

Banned because I'm testing if "Topics I've participated in" forum section is working as I supposed some time ago.

^Banned for entering this thread without losing hope first.

(This should show the thread as active, but no reply symbol. But the section often does not show topics with many thousands of replies).

Banned because that's ridiculous.

^ Banned because you and your screen name on GOG are both ridiculous.

Banned for being snobby about online profiles.

^ Banned for not being snobby & snotty enough.

^ banned for insisting that being snobby and/or snotty is a prerequisite for posting in this thread, when we all know it's to ban one's fellow man

Banned because you can't handle the truth!

Banned because we follow orders or people die. Are we clear?

Banned for never having been on a real shrimp boat.

^ banned for never being able to get that smell out of your clothes (or nose)

Banned for wanting to be olfactorilly challenged.

Banned for confusing two movies which are only vaguely thematically similar.