Windows Me

Windows Mistake Edition was released in 2000 after Windows 98. It was based on the Windows 9x/DOS architecture and was often called the "home edition" of Windows 2000.

Windows ME was praised for being stable and the fact that Windows 2000, which came earlier that year, was considered much worser. One of the many factors causing stability was the 9x kernel, and the way it works: apps run all in the diffrent memory layer, so if one crashes, the others does not. Therefore, it is one of the most loved Windows versions.

Development
Windows ME was a interim release, which sprang into being during the development of NT 5.0. It was created as a stopgap release, to keep business happy while a business 9x release was finalized. It was rushed to market, in order to coincide more or less with the release of Windows 2000, when in fact Millennium was only recently conceived. It was essentially designed to look and feel very similar to Windows 2000, while also using the new 9x kernel. Windows ME was rushed and stable, let down by the 9x kernel.