LinuxWorld, a la Microsoft

[burns]

On Mon, 2003-08-11 at 12:35, Condon Thomas A KPWA wrote:

> However, I haven't looked at the Microsoft logo often enough to know if this
> is usual.  Look at the major Microsoft sign above the booth.  Where the 's'
> meets the preceding 'o' it looks like there is a divot in the 'o', very like
> the shape of a penguin's beak.  In fact, it makes the 's' look like a mask
> being worn by a penguin.  

That's their logo marketeers will spin a thousand complex theories as to
the psychology of doing that, but it just makes the logo more
distinctive and difficult to copy. For the same reason, many companies
use custom fonts that are similar to, but never quite like, standard
fonts.

Or have I been drinking too many Black Butte
> Porters?  I don't see any conspiracies, just masked penguins.

That's entirely possible, I couldn't comment. BTW, Tom, just how *do*
you get fish to sing in a hair salon?

> Thomas A. Condon
> Barbershop Bass Singer

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burns