Many of us remember that two versions of Windows that began with the number 9, Windows 95 and Windows 98.
To save time, some third-party Windows desktop developers used a quick method to check the version name (not number) of Windows they were installing their application to. Instead of coding apps to check for Windows 95 or Windows 98, developers coded to check for "Windows 9."
This made sense at that time since there were only two versions of Windows that had a nine in their name. It was an easier method to find the version of Windows the program was dealing with.
Microsoft chose Windows 10 to avoid an annoying rewrite for all those programs and skipped Windows 9.
Accommodating legacy code sounds like an acceptable explanation and, if true, it's a smart move by Microsoft!
Source: pcworld
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