Windows goes something like this (there's no real straight line, feel free to add your own progression):
3.11, 95, 98, ME, 2000, XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10
I wouldn't call that a pattern.
3.11, 95, 98, ME, 2000, XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10
I wouldn't call that a pattern.
Windows Server is what I was thinking of.
Windows
1, 2, 3, 95, 98, ME
Windows NT
3, 4, 2000, XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10
Windows NT Server
3, 4, 2000, 2003, 2008, 2012, 2016