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Re:Software compatibility and our own “User-Agent” problem by digi_owl on Tuesday December 12, 2017 @07:32AM (#15905123)
Didn't MS skip Windows 9 because so many legacy programs out there assume that "Windows 9" means Windows 95/98?
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Re:Software compatibility and our own “User-Agent” problem by maaark on Tuesday December 12, 2017 @09:30AM (#15905764)
https://searchcode.com/?q=if%28version%2Cstartswith%28%22win... (previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8397664 )
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Re:Software compatibility and our own “User-Agent” problem by shak77 on Tuesday December 12, 2017 @12:18PM (#15907339)
It happened to Opera https://www.sitepoint.com/opera-10-user-agent/
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