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Re:Samsung to Permanently Discontinue Galaxy Note 7 Smartphone by beanbragade on Tuesday October 11, 2016 @08:44AM (#12683810)
I think it was so users wouldn't follow "Windows 9x" tutorials thinking they would still work.
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Re:Samsung to Permanently Discontinue Galaxy Note 7 Smartphone by nandhp on Tuesday October 11, 2016 @10:38AM (#12684761)
I think it was actually for the software that was doing that:

    	if (osName.startsWith("windows 9"))
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8397664
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