"Microsoft dev here, the internal rumours are that early testing revealed just how many third party products that had code of the form
if(version.StartsWith("Windows 9"))
{ / 95 and 98 / } else {
and that this was the pragmatic solution to avoid that."
Rumeur? Réalité? Voir aussi http://www.comptoir-hardware.com/actus/business/26471-microsoft-aurait-zappe-windows-9-en-raison-de-windows-95-et-98.html