[python-win32] Is there a _simple_ way to find out what version of Windows you are running?

[Laura Creighton]

In a message of Thu, 08 Oct 2015 15:52:11 +0200, Patrick Asselman writes:
>> Microsoft tells you to do this:
>> http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/which-operating-system
>
>Clicking on a link is too much to ask? Or is the URL too long?
>In that case I would suggest to use http://whatsmyos.com/

clicking on the link wasn't the problem.  The problem was with
the content -- Microsoft tells you how to find out what OS version
you have with a different procedure based on what OS version you
have.  Which, of course, if you already knew the answer to, you
wouldn't need to ask ..

Laura