I stumbled over this story while reading some Crackpot Theories about J.R.R. Tolkiens masterpiece over here. While this particular story dates back to a 1996 posting in the rec.humor.funny newsgroup, it is nonetheless still funny. So humor really spans across time and maybe space…
Anyway here is the story about how one company poured all their malice and cruelty into one particular OS:

“What you did not know about Windows 95″

Recently one of my friends, a computer wizard, paid me a visit.

As we were talking I mentioned that I had recently installed Windows 95 on my PC. I told him how happy I was with this operating system, and showed him the Windows 95 CD. To my surprise he threw it into my microwave oven and turned the oven on. Instantly I got very upset, because the CD had become precious to me, but he said: ‘Do not worry, it is unharmed.’ After a few minutes he took the CD out, gave it to me and said: ‘Take a close look at it.’ To my surprise the CD was quite cold to hold and it seemed to be heavier than before. At first I could not see anything, but on the inner edge of the central hole I saw a inscription, an inscription finer than anything I have ever seen before. The inscription shone piercingly bright, and yet remote, as if out of a great depth:

12413AEB2ED4FA5E6F7D78E78BEDE8209450
920F923A40EE10E510CC98D444AA08E1324

‘I cannot understand the fiery letters,’ I said.

‘No, but I can,’ he said. ‘The letters are Hex, of an ancient mode, but the language is that of Microsoft, which I shall not utter here. But in common English this is what it says:’

     One OS to rule them all, One OS to find them,
     One OS to bring them all and in the darkness bind them…