06-01-2015, 11:49 AM
The reason they did that is because the Chinese were pirating illegal copies of Windows. So for some strange reason, Microsoft decided to just give away free versions of Windows. There might have been a valid reason, but I can't remember right now. I'm sure that if you google it you'll find the story.
As for why they skipped one version, that I don't know.
As for why they skipped one version, that I don't know.