Iirc, NT started at version 3 (maybe even 3.5) to keep up with the numbering convention of "everyday" Windows at the time (Windows 3). They've employed that practice several times now. Case in point would be the Office apps: Word for Windows jumped from v2 to 6 to get "in front" of Word 5.1 (DOS and Mac); Excel skipped v6 entirely; Access went from v2 to 7... so whatever way you look at it, counting the MS way can always be a little unusual should they so desire. We could add to the confusion by mentioning the difference between Win16, Win32 and Win32s back in the day, but whatever.
They're not the only company to do so, but historically they seemed to be one of the more regular offenders.:-)
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Iirc, NT started at version 3 (maybe even 3.5) to keep up with the numbering convention of "everyday" Windows at the time (Windows 3). They've employed that practice several times now. Case in point would be the Office apps: Word for Windows jumped from v2 to 6 to get "in front" of Word 5.1 (DOS and Mac); Excel skipped v6 entirely; Access went from v2 to 7... so whatever way you look at it, counting the MS way can always be a little unusual should they so desire. We could add to the confusion by mentioning the difference between Win16, Win32 and Win32s back in the day, but whatever.
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They're not the only company to do so, but historically they seemed to be one of the more regular offenders.
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