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jackalope on Feb 17, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Redesigning the Windows Logo

I've always wondered why it was a flag. I've never liked Windows, and the logo always struck me as creepy, like they're trying to make you choose a side: "Come march under our banner!"

flomo on Feb 17, 2012 [–]

I always interpreted it as a "flying window" (which was also the name of an old screensaver).

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