95, 98 and ME were quite similar underlying kernels - call it Windows 4. XP was an entirely different one corresponding to the merger of the desktop-Windows line and the more serverish Windows NT, Vista was a different one again, and 7 appears to be yet another different one.
Also, the generalised version of 'never buy version 2.0' seems to regard 4 and 7 as auspicious version numbers - some three-phase cycle of add features, reduce bugs, add efficiency ...
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I think this is kernel version seven
Date: 2009-05-17 09:38 am (UTC)Also, the generalised version of 'never buy version 2.0' seems to regard 4 and 7 as auspicious version numbers - some three-phase cycle of add features, reduce bugs, add efficiency ...