{"id":45600,"date":"2014-09-30T13:59:50","date_gmt":"2014-09-30T19:59:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/09\/30\/microsofts-big-innovation-skipping-a-number.html"},"modified":"2014-10-13T14:47:54","modified_gmt":"2014-10-13T20:47:54","slug":"microsofts-big-innovation-skipping-a-number","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/09\/30\/microsofts-big-innovation-skipping-a-number.html","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft&#039;s Big Innovation: Skipping a Number"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apparently &quot;8&quot; was such a flop they&#39;ve decided to go right to Windows 10. 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Yeesh. 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