From: Dylan Stewart (rxs015500_at_utdallas.edu)
Date: Fri May 16 2003 - 00:59:59 PDT
On 2003-05-16 at 7:30:52, Brian Pearce wrote:
> As an Art Director and Graphic Designer, I can tell you that even the
> designs that are startling similar to something else come from actual
> Designers and Design Firms (and they can often cost quite a bit of
> money, as well). I'm the last person who wants to try and defend
> Microsoft, and it's difficult for me to explain this adequately; but in
> this particular case, the elements of that design are all perfectly
> obvious (to me) for this purpose, and I can see how this solution could
> have come about.
> People like to jump to conclusions (especially where Microsoft is
> concerned), but it's entirely possible the design team had never even
> *seen* the original Newton logo; it hasn't been actively used in over
> five years, which is A.) an eternity in computer terms, and B.) enough
> time for a crop of eager young designers to have completely missed it.
They should have done extensive research to make sure that they weren't
treading on someone's trademark. If they didn't, then I hope that Apple
sues them for tremendous amounts of money.
Similarly, I would have expected the Windows CE team to read the Newton UI
guidelines, but they obviously didn't. That UI is about as un-Newton-like
as you can get.
> (Of course, it's also possible the design was done in tribute the the
> original Newton logo.)
Well, that is actually a fairly good possibility. However, that seems like
MS making something with an entire apple (no bite) in it. It's still
obviously trademarked by another company. Of course, if Apple hasn't
defended that trademark, then they lost it.
Dylan Stewart AC5ZH
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