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Because in the end a "version number" is just part of the name. You can call it anything you want.
Minecraft 1.7.๐
Minebanan: now with more banan
That still doesn't explain why you would choose the other two instead of just counting 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 like a sane person.
Two words: Steve Ballmer
Cocaine is a hell of a drug.
Your error here is assuming sanity.
Decades long projects during which time the thought on when you should change the version number and what a version number even is has changed multiple times.