On 2006-06-03, Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> posted something concerning:
> __/ [ Sinister Midget ] on Saturday 03 June 2006 18:03 \__
>
>> On 2006-06-03, Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> posted
>> something concerning:
>>> http://digg.com/linux_unix/Microsoft_blatantly_steals_Ubuntu_logo
>>>
>>> Unbelievable! And yet inarguable.
>>
>> /NOT/ unbelievable. This signifies they think they can get away with
>> it, too.
>
> They are being crucified by tens or hundreds of thousands at the moment. Very
> bad publicity due to this tactless Web designer. The last time they got a
> bad reputation for prompting nags (the shortcut on the desktop that will
> refuse deletion), they soon posted in MSDN saying they would revise the RC
> to remove these nags and do a whole, O/S-wide overhaul (published last
> night, left out of COLA).
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Roy
I handed them a few words, meself, on this one.
I don't care if the logo was created elsewhere and lifted by Ubuntu. I
don't believe for a moment that it is coincidental that they used
/that/ logo when it's the /same/ logo used by a rising linux star.
Maybe they're getting paid per hit, and doing this was guaranteed to
get them a few million quickly.
--
I don't care to belong to a club that accepts people like me as members.
-- Groucho Marx
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