In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
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wrote
on Mon, 05 Jun 2006 19:41:20 +0100
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> __/ [ The Ghost In The Machine ] on Monday 05 June 2006 17:00 \__
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>> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
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>> wrote
>> on Sat, 03 Jun 2006 11:52:39 +0100
>> <10854656.T809FbAa23@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>>> http://digg.com/linux_unix/Microsoft_blatantly_steals_Ubuntu_logo
>>>
>>> Unbelievable! And yet inarguable.
>>
>> Erm...what logo exactly did they steal? The
>> http://join.msn.com/spaces/overview contains fat letters
>> (HotMail), two abstract people (Messenger), and a weather
>> storm (Weather). Perhaps this is a transitory thing, and
>> Microsoft has already taken steps to mod it? *confusion*
>
>
> See the top-right corner. It's still there: Ubuntu's iconic image.
Ah HA! It's specific to IE, dagnabbit. *Interesting....*
Hmm...shows up in Firefox and Mozilla, too. Just not in Epiphany.
Color me slightly embarrassed. The logos are *not*
identical, but they are extremely similar, both evoking
three people joining hands in a circle.
> Ironically, MSN Spaces is the service which banned bloggers who had used
> their right for free speech. Maybe the Chinese authorities had them jailed
> as well; maybe even tortured, who knows?
>
> Given the symbolic meaning of that icon (see Mandela interview), you can
> think of it as the scenario where a pedophile is luring children with some
> candy or a statue of an angel before the entrance to Hell.
>
Not familiar with that interview. If it's a bad thing Ubuntu better be
careful. :-) However, I think the general idea was to evoke cooperation
and communication, as opposed to any quasi-satanic rituals.
At least, I for one hope so.
>
>> (BTW, clicking on "Learn more" doesn't do much on my copy
>> of Epiphany. Must be an Epiphany bug. Couldn't possibly
>> be a bug in their webpage, oh no...)
>
> Well, it starts with an 'E'. Close, but no cigar. They check the entire
> user-agent string...
Absolutely bizarre. Epiphany and Firefox show quite different pages.
This could confuse a number of people.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Roy
>
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