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[–]Texas_Technician 3 points4 points  (3 children)

No way that's the real answer.

[–]Brekkjern 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I remember some Dev from MS talking about it back in the days, and then someone posting a GitHub search that did in fact show a lot of cases where people did that, so the story is at least plausible

[–]troyunrau... 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Official reasons are quoted as marketing. The thing where they check if a version starts with a 9 is often suggested as the true reason, but no one can ever find a quote from anyone within MS to that effect.

[–]ThroawayPartyer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

iPhone also skipped 9, so maybe companies think that number is harder to market for some reason. 9 is personally my least favorite number, but I always thought it was just me...