The name “98” is deliberately nostalgic. 1998 was the year of Windows 98, of course, but also the year of the iMac G3, the peak of the original Doom modding scene, and the last moment before the dot-com bubble inflated the idea that every piece of software needed to be a global, cloud-reliant, VC-funded platform. In 1998, software was finite. It shipped on a CD. You installed it. It worked. If it broke, you fixed it. Software98 isn't a single app. It’s a set of brutalist design rules that developers adhere to religiously.
The Software98 retort is sharp: You don’t need to. software98
The banner flying over this insurgency reads . The name “98” is deliberately nostalgic