[tweakmonkey]

<a href=http://www.microsoft-watch.com/article2/0,1995,1977870,00.asp?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535>At Microsoft-Watch</a> there's a bit on the 10 Biggest Flops Microsoft has experienced since its debut. Windows ME is #2 on the list.

Microsoft has rolled out a lot of versions of Windows since good old Windows 1.0 back in 1985. The most maligned of the bunch was Windows Millennium Edition, or Windows ME, which Microsoft introduced in 2000. ME was seen by many as a buggy upgrade with next-to-no compelling features. It was eclipsed rapidly by Windows XP, which Microsoft rolled out in 2001.

<a href=http://www.microsoft-watch.com/article2/0,1995,1977870,00.asp?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535>Rea d the rest here</a>.

[eyezik]

Good Read.

[Chris]

Good read up until:

10.No Microsoft Linux!: Microsoft could have and should have done its own version of Linux. It could have bought a Linux distro vendor or just christened some branch of Windows (with some Unix-compatibility add-ons) as Microsoft Linux. By doing this, Microsoft could have thrown a real monkey wrench into Linux companies' plans. Instead, Microsoft continues to spend lots of money, time and attention fighting open-source software on a whole host of fronts. They should have joined the camp, rather than obsessing on beating them.

We're sure we're forgetting other Gates' hot buttons that went cold. What would make your Top 10 Microsoft Flops list?

They could've just said "Make Windows open-source".

"Microsoft Linux" is the biggest oxymoron ever.