The wags at eSarcasm celebrated the anniversary by conducting , where the operating system dishes the dirt on Gates and Ballmer. (Read with caution.)

The U.K.'s V3 site offers up that you might not have known, like, for example, the fact that Windows crashes 25 million (only 25 million?) times a day.

The Technologizer has cobbled together a slide show celebrating , including versions of Windows created for the Sega Dreamcast and "Chicago," the original incarnation of Win 95.

SuperSite for Windows' Paul Thurrott serves up , including how much he hated it until he had a religious experience (or possibly severe head trauma) after encountering Windows 95. Strangely, Windows ME and Vista are never mentioned.

Me, I like to sit back and ponder what life would have been like without Windows cluttering our computers and our lives for the last 25,000 years -- er, quarter century.