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Except that Windows 95 actual version number is 4.0, and Windows 98 version number is 4.1.
It seems that Microsoft has been messing with version numbers in the last years, for some unknown (and, I would suppose, probably stupid) reason: that's why Xbox One follows Xbox 360 which follows Xbox, so that Xbox One is actually the third Xbox, the Xbox with 3 in the name is the second one, and the Xbox without 1 is the first one. Isn't it clear?
Maybe I can't understand the logic behind this because I'm not a billionarie, but I'm inclined to think this comes from the same geniuses who thought that the design of Windows 8 UI made sense.
The programs causing the problem are reading the version name string, not the version number.
Examples: https://searchcode.com/?q=if%28version%2Cstartswith%28%22windows+9%22%29
But then Microsoft could just have set the new version string to "Windows9" or "Windows_9" or "Windows-9" or "Windows.9" or "Windows nine", etc., without messing with the official product name.
I don't buy this was the issue.