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Old 08-02-2015, 10:20 AM   #1276
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Originally Posted by danwdoo View Post
Even saying some poorly written app decided to pull the name variable, it would result in the text string "Windows 95" or "Windows 98" and not the decimal 9.0. There never has been a 9.0 either in 'name' or version number so there is no real possibility of a conflict programmatically since the two different types of data cannot be used for comparisons. That's why I call this whole theory bogus.
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The example linked above posits a string comparison for names starting with "Windows 9"
Again, while it COULD happen, I cannot see it being the reason, for the reasons I've given above. I'll need to see if any of the related discussions cite any real world example of any such app that would matter in this way.
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