98 (Number)

98 is a number.

Origin
After the success of Windows 95, Microsoft was expected to release a new operating system that was even better. But they needed a new name for their new operating system. They couldn't just call it "Windows 95 2"; that would be silly. So Bill Gates sunk mad dosh into devising a brand new number for the new name of the new operating system. After many months and 114512512512515215 moneydollars spent, the hardworking number developers at Microsoft finally found it: 98.

Reception
The number 98 was met with lukewarm reviews upon its release. Some critics accused it of being an inferior knockoff of 95, while others derisively compared it to 38, which was a very unpopular number at the time. It wasn't until 98 was reviewed by esteemed number critic Frederick Richard von Tartbutter that public consensus on the number began to shift favorably. Von Tartbutter remarked that the two loops of the digit 8 pairs well with the single loop and tail of the digit 9, overall making for an aesthetically pleasing composition. 98 had since gained something of a cult following, which has only grown in recent years partially due to the number's association with Windows 98 and Windows 98's association with vaporwave culture.