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Microsoft replaces old flag logo with a window for Windows 8

Like it or loathe it, Microsoft chooses to go back in time to old-style logo

The Microsoft Windows 8 logo
The Windows logo goes back to its roots

Microsoft has ditched its Windows 'flag' and changed the logo for its next operating system (OS) Windows 8.

The new OS will have a graphic similar to that used for the company's very first Windows OS with Sam Moreau saying on the Windows blog that the company "did less of a redesign and more to return it to its original meaning and bringing Windows back to its roots - re-imagining the Windows logo as just that - a window," adding "we hope you enjoy our new logo".

Judging by comments on the blog some people love it while others detest the new logo.

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