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They partnered with Microsoft, remember?

1985 – Windows 1.0

1987 – Windows 2.0

1990 – Windows 3.0

1992 – Windows 3.1

1995 – Windows 95

1998 – Windows 98

2000 – Windows ME (Millennium Edition)

2001 – Windows XP

2006 – Windows Vista

2009 – Windows 7

2012 – Windows 8

2013 – Windows 8.1

2015 – Windows 10

2021 – Windows 11

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Why did you have to pick on Windows? :-(

If you want real atrocities, look at Xbox.

Honestly, it is the only Microsoft product I know. Xbox may be a better example, but I know nothing about the Xbox. But I am interested to learn! What is notable about its naming?

Xbox

Xbox 360

Xbox One => Xbox One S / Xbox One X

Xbox Series S / Xbox Series X

https://computercity.com/consoles/xbox/xbox-consoles-list-in...

No real chronology, Xbox One is basically the third version. Then Xbox One X and Xbox Series X. Everything is atrocious about the naming.

Got it! If we're picking favourites, though, I still like Windows as it, like GPT, starts with reasonably sensible names and then goes completely off the rails.

Thank you for that trip through memory lane.

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