[ale] Belay that, OT, jre7u71 winXP won't install/update

[Charles Shapiro]

Sigh. Sad but true. This is the best I can come up with, but I did see an
article with actual examples of "if (0 == strncmp(version_string,"Windows
9",9) ..."

http://www.techradar.com/us/news/software/operating-systems/microsoft-apparently-skipped-windows-9-name-due-to-third-party-code-conflict-1267580

-- CHS


On Sat, Oct 18, 2014 at 7:16 PM, Dustin Strickland <
dustin.h.strickland at gmail.com> wrote:

> That sounds like the punchline to a bad joke.
>
> On 10/18/2014 06:00 PM, Ben Coleman wrote:
> > On 10/18/2014 16:51, Lightner, Jeff wrote:
> >> 10?   Did I miss 9?  Or did they skip that for fear Germans would all
> >> think “no!”?
> >
> > Best explanation I've seen is that there's software out there that looks
> > for 'Windows 9' to detect Windows 95 or Windows 98.  Adding an actual
> > 'Windows 9' would foul up version detection.
> >
> > Ben
> >
> >
> >
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