[MarineBrat]

Windblows 98 was my favorite OS to hate. But that may be because I was never the lucky owner of a ME machine. :)

[Snickering Hound]

Window 98 Second Edition was a good, stable operating system finally, after Windows 95 and Window 98.

Unfortunately, it came out just months before Window ME so relatively few new machines came with it installed.

[SES1066]

While not "SPECIFICALLY" an operating system, I will remind all of Microsoft's "Bob" which was their effort at a user-friendly interface on top of Win3.11 and Win 95! It is now so dated (1995) that I cannot mention it without explaining it, BUT it was such a disaster that it almost made "ME" look good (in terms of unit sales, at least!)

What might be more memorable is that one of Microsoft's most INFAMOUS efforts at a user 'assistant' came from this graphic effort, to whit - "Clippit" the animated MS Office Paperclip! Remember?

I submit that the combination of these 2 products permanently damaged MS' reputation as a "Cool Product Producer".