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Related: About this forum(I'm not kidding) Here is the Windows 8 logo
and here is a detailed discussion about how Microsoft came up with this masterpiece.
http://windowsteamblog.com/windows/b/bloggingwindows/archive/2012/02/17/redesigning-the-windows-logo.aspx
Amazing.
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(I'm not kidding) Here is the Windows 8 logo (Original Post)
denem
Apr 2012
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Saturday nights on DU are hell. Windows 8 brought Dante's Inferno to mind. Wikipedia:
edgineered
Apr 2012
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edgineered
(2,101 posts)1. Saturday nights on DU are hell. Windows 8 brought Dante's Inferno to mind. Wikipedia:
Eighth Circle (Fraud)
The last two circles of Hell punish sins that involve conscious fraud or treachery.
IMO, most appropriate.
Renew Deal
(83,086 posts)2. I don't know. I kind of like it.
Simple and to the point. It's back to 1.0 for the logo.
undergroundpanther
(11,925 posts)3. It looks like upper left the corner of Greek flag..
with Greece having such serious austerity,bill must have bought their flag but just the corner..real creative ugh.
undergroundpanther
(11,925 posts)4. wonder if windows 8 will
work like greece...
eppur_se_muova
(37,671 posts)5. Is it an animated Ames window ?
That would be appropriate, since an Ames window can pretty well drive you crazy ...
klook
(12,910 posts)6. Leave Microsoft alone!
How fucking dare anyone out there make fun of Microsoft, after all they've been through?!
"They wanted a fresh start and now they have it. This is the most radical change maybe in their entire history as a company."
Yes, that is an actual quote - not from The Onion.
denem
(11,045 posts)8. "straight, unfamiliar and most of all boring"
I guess the 'new start' must be the 'unfamiliar' bit.
ChairmanAgnostic
(28,017 posts)7. Duh, they can't even count. I only see four windows there.
Rob H.
(5,591 posts)9. Someone on another forum commented
"Well, it has four Blue Screens of Death. Their OS is pretty well represented."
Microsoft probably didn't think of that.
rocktivity
(44,885 posts)11. Honorary DUzy!
rocktivity
freshwest
(53,661 posts)10. Ah... it's... simply... uh... rather... that is... yes, dear, it's lovely.
TeeYiYi
(8,028 posts)12. Wouldn't it make more sense..
...if the designer had used French Door style windows, ie: 8 windows in the mark?
TYY