The 9 worst Microsoft products ever

Most of these seem to be products that never were released. They really shouldn't count. Many things including DOS 4, ME and other "killer" apps were released and they deserve consideration. The non-starters were just that.

As a traveling Tech, I have had a couple of MN700s for years in my toolkits.

Of all the brands that I have has that quit after a year or so, the MN700's just never quit.

PS, I think Vista is the worst product Microsoft ever developed

It is very easy to comment on Microsoft products that "did not make it". I think that Microsoft deserves more credit. So what, they have tried something and it did not work, they moved on and created something else that did work.

People like criticizing Microsoft, it is safe and you look like a hero. How about 10 worst products from Apple? Too afraid not to go along with the crowd?

And one more thing, it is getting boring reading about Vista. In my experience Vista is much more stable than XP and I personally prefer its GUI to Apple’s.

How about ... IE7, Outlook (one email sent too large and you will never recieve any emails again), One Care, Media Center, XP Home, ME, Office 2007, Windows Media Player ... ?

Microsoft Word is the most embarrassing MS product that still lives. Filled with illogical operation, most people protect themselves by either using a tiny subset of it, or spend their days cursing it. You cannot make Word do what you want; you can only do what Word lets you, often accidentally. Word's operation show the worst thinking in user-interface design ever.

Nice list! The two that I don't see anywhere are Web TV, which was a good idea but extremely poor execution, and Windows ME which is the second buggiest operating system I have ever had the displeasure to use (Vista being the worst).

BOB is that you?
BOB Where are you ?
Anyone remember the short lived BOB?
I've never tried it, but I'd guess
it was Bad BOB.

The only truly horrible product here is the music store, because it screwed customers after they'd parted with their money. In all other cases, people knew what they were buying and 'caveat emptor' covers the situation. The wireless routers were perfectly good routers; a market flop does not a bad product make. But the WM DRM fiasco proved what we already knew -- encumbered music is bad news for customers.

How can something be called "Ultimate", yet still need "Extras"? Sounds like an oxymoron. That combination only makes sense, I guess, if your organization is a monopoly, for then you can define terms however you want.