Windows OS and uname; compatability

[Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E]]

Fergus sent the following at Monday, February 28, 2011 11:50 AM
>Thanks to a previous responder I now know that in response to uname:
>NT-5.0 = W2000 NT-5.1 = XP NT-6.0 = Vista NT-6.1 = W7

>Q1 Can anybody please tell me the corresponding information for W98?

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=windows+version+numbers+major+minor&aq=3&aqi=g4g-m2g-v4&oq=windows+version+numbers
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms724832(v=vs.85).aspx

That didn't help, so ...

http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&newwindow=1&safe=off&q=windows+version+numbers+major+minor+98&aq=f
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/189249

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