Paul Thurrot´s SuperSite for Windows has posted a introducing on Windows ME Beta 3. Here a snipped:
The original plan, perhaps, was a bit too grandiose: After the release of Windows NT 4.0, the company planned to phase out the 9x line with the release of Windows 98. Windows NT 5.0, which was then expected to ship in 1999, would eventually produce a consumer grade edition that would be suitable for home users. However lofty the goals, however, Microsoft was unable to capitalize on these plans. As Windows NT 5.0 slipped from 1999 into 2000, Microsoft issued a second release of Windows 98 and pushed back plans for a consumer version of Windows NT 5.0, which was renamed to Windows 2000. The company promised that a future version of Windows 2000--now code-named "Whistler"--would include a consumer version. But that left a bit of a hole: The company had been releasing yearly updates to its consumer OS since 1995, and no new release was now ready to go for 2000.Read more
