Repost: Need feedback on Windows 9x vs. 95/98

[Elizabeth Kane <bkane -at- ARTISOFT -dot- COM>]

     I only heard from three writers about the following post -- maybe
     because it was Easter weekend.
     I'm in a hurry to come to a conclusion on this, so please feel free to
     send your opinions my way!
     Thank you very much,
     Beth Kane
     bkane -at- artisoft -dot- com


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Subject: Windows 9x, or 95/98?
Author:  Beth Kane at artisoft_seven
Date:    4/10/98 12:12 PM


     Fellow writers,

     We're developing products that will work on both Windows 95 and
     Windows 98 (as well as Windows NT 4.0). Our developers have told us
     they'd like us to refer to the two "nineties" operating systems
     together as Windows 9x.

     I haven't yet seen docs for any products that say they work with both
     95 and 98, so I thought I'd go straight to the source and ask what you
     think is the best way to handle this.

     Windows 9x echoes what happened style-wise with Windows 3.0, 3.1, 3.11
     -- they became referred to collectively as Windows 3.x. With the
     nineties, though, there's no decimal point.

     Windows 95/98 is another way of handling it.
     If we go with Windows 9x, we would certainly explain it on first
     reference (works with both Windows 95 and Windows 98). Maybe even on
     first reference in every chapter or major section of online Help.

     Feedback, please! I'll summarize for the list. Please note whether
     you've already made a departmental decision on this.

     Thanks very much,
     Beth Kane
     Senior Technical Writer
     bkane -at- artisoft -dot- com