But Windows 95 came out 94 versions too early according to that naming scheme. T...

sliverstorm · on Jan 21, 2014

Eh, it's stupid, yes. But once you know, it is trivial to remember:

'95 => '98 => 2000

7 => 8 => 8.1

As well as remembering the second sequence follows the first.

Really, I don't mean to say it is a wonderful naming scheme or anything. I'm just less frustrated by it than by "big cats":

Kodiak, Cheetah, Puma, Jaguar, Panther, Tiger, Leopard, Snow Leopard, Lion, Mountain Lion, Mavericks

dragonwriter · on Jan 21, 2014

> But Windows 95 came out 94 versions too early according to that naming scheme.

91 versions too early, since Windows 95 followed Windows 3.x.

oneeyedpigeon · on Jan 21, 2014

Fair point; I was working backwards from Windows 7, which obviously makes even less sense than this naming scheme :)