MS Channeling Ubuntu's Artwork in Windows 8

[d3fau1t]

Check this out:

http://www.geekwire.com/2011/windows-8-radical-change-windows-huge-gamble-microsoft

Look at the purple "Store" graphic in the bottom left.

TELL me that doesn't look like Ubuntu's graphic style. It looks like it came straight off an Ubuntu desktop!

[cgroza]

The word "Start" in the corner is so Ubuntu style!

[d3fau1t]

You're right!

In fact, the entire "making the desktop screen look like a tablet or device" is pretty much copying Ubuntu, too, isn't it? :)

[TheSuperSteve]

The Windows logo as well! Look at it! I cant believe this! They're totally ripping off Ubuntu!

[Dustin2128]

don't see the resemblance besides the purplish theme. If it begins to look more like ubuntu than can be attributed to independent design, though, we should ask for attribution.

[d3fau1t]

The Windows logo as well! Look at it! I cant believe this! They're totally ripping off Ubuntu!

And a poor knock-off it is!

Maybe their thinking is that if they copy us, people who use Ubuntu after using Windows 8 will think WE copied THEM? That Ubuntu is the knock-off?

[jcolyn]

A purple background with the word "store" and a Microsoft badged sack in no way resembles Ubuntu art to me..................

[themarker0]

Time to call the cops! We got hard evidence this time.

[d3fau1t]

@jcolyn: Are you kidding? It looks exactly like Ubuntu!

Same styling, same purple, similar font in "Start", even same stylization of their logo...

It's obvious.

[Khakilang]

Its free and open source. They can do anything they want.

[Copper Bezel]

Branding isn't, but then, I don't see anything in the Windows 8 artwork that looks like anything related to Ubuntu. It takes some cues from web design conventions and trends, and Ubuntu has a website. = )

[d3fau1t]

Look harder, Copper.

It's pretty obvious.

[TheSuperSteve]

Seriously, imitation is a form of flattery, sure. But this is ridiculous! At this point, i cant tell which OS is which!

[jrothwell97]

Oh my GOD! It's as if a shopping bag icon was somehow synonymous with a "store"!

A heresy! Blatant theft from Microsoft! Bring out the DMCA claims! Send in the cease-and-desist letters! Wheel out Carter-Ruck!

[Joking aside, it looks almost nothing like Ubuntu. It's got a purple background by default, and it uses a shopping-bag metaphor for its app store/package manager. That's it.]

[Merk42]

TELL me that doesn't look like Ubuntu's graphic style. It looks like it came straight off an Ubuntu desktop!We are, you don't seem to want to listen.
A bag with the logo for a software center (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Android_Market.png) wasn't created by Ubuntu, also Segoe (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Segoe) is different from Ubuntu (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_font)

[Giant Speck]

Canonical owns the rights to all concepts of desktop art and everyone else is stealing from them!

[Simian Man]

I didn't realize you could copyright purple.

[sectshun8]

To me the whole design they are showing of Windows 8 looks much more similar to how Windows Media Center operated and ran. Just looks like they took media center and turned it into the whole OS.

[RiceMonster]

This isn't the first time they've copied Ubuntu! You need a keyboard and mouse to operate windows. Same thing with Ubuntu! Canonical should sue!

[Canis familiaris]

This has broken 20,619 patents of Canonical. Sue them.

[forrestcupp]

I didn't realize you could copyright purple.
Lol. That's exactly what I was about to say.

Every color in the spectrum is used by some distro or some company out there in the world.

When computers are turned off, their screens are black. I guess that means every computer in the world is ripping off Sabayon Linux.

[RiceMonster]

When computers are turned off, their screens are black. I guess that means every computer in the world is ripping off Sabayon Linux.

Lol.

[Canis familiaris]

When computers are turned off, their screens are black. I guess that means every computer in the world is ripping off Sabayon Linux.

lol brilliant

[Jesus_Valdez]

Aubergine is the new blue.

[aaaantoine]

Looks more like Windows 7 Phone has come to the desktop.

[forrestcupp]

Looks more like Windows 7 Phone has come to the desktop.

I guess the Windows Phone 7 department of Microsoft should sue the Windows 8 department. :)

[Oxwivi]

I guess the Windows Phone 7 department of Microsoft should sue the Windows 8 department. :)
++ I would love to see something like that. Anyway to instigate it?

[ctrlmd]

#-o

[Quadunit404]

When computers are turned off, their screens are black. I guess that means every computer in the world is ripping off Sabayon Linux.

No! Worse than that! They're ripping off SPACE! They therefore owe space the combined cost of every singe computer and OS disc sold in the world!!! This is an outrage!

[lulled]

Windows, MacOS and Ubuntu: they all copy a little something from each other. The first time I ever saw that W8 artwork, honestly I couldn't tell they ripped something off of Ubuntu. Now, reading those comments, indeed there is something of Ubuntu here and there. But I wouldn't say they just ripped off, it just looks modern to me, just like Ubuntu looks modern to me too.

[frotzed]

Its free and open source. They can do anything they want.

Well, yes and no. I'm not certain but if (and I'm not sure they did) they ripped off Ubuntu or used it then they would be bound by the license (http://www.ubuntu.com/project/open-source) which it's clear MS doesn't do.

[RefinersFire]

Its free and open source. They can do anything they want.


Perhaps it's time to change that. Canonical should protect the intellectual work of the many hard working engineers and programmers by copyrighting everything to do with Ubuntu. Then sue any heartless corporation that steals the work for royalties.

[KiwiNZ]

90% does not need to copy 1%.;)

[d3fau1t]

You're wrong, naysayers. Using the same font for "Start", stylizing their logo on the bag in the exact same way that Ubuntu did when they switched to purple from brown, using aubergine instead of blue... not a coincidence.

There are thousands of fonts, why imitate the Ubuntu look? Same with the logo styling - why do it EXACTLY like Ubuntu?

I hate to break this to you all, but a lot of people at Microsoft actually use Windows and Linux. When you work in operating systems, it's good to be knowledgeable about them, and to use the best. And Microsoft has admitted that Linux may be their biggest threat.

[drawkcab]

http://s1.static.gotsmile.net/images/thumbs/2010/10/07/care_o_meter.jpg_1286415978.jpg

[cracker89]

They'll have to give attribution, in the least. But who's gonna fight that legal battle.. :D

[cracker89]

And boy does tht look gated :D I dont see scope to create a new 'folder' even..

[Spice Weasel]

Perhaps it's time to change that. Canonical should protect the intellectual work of the many hard working engineers and programmers by copyrighting everything to do with Ubuntu. Then sue any heartless corporation that steals the work for royalties.

I agree. Canonical should copyright the colour Purple to stop the evil Micro$oft from stealing their hard work.

[cracker89]

I highly doubt that:

1. albeit Copyrighting "purple" would be possible,is it really feasible in the spirit of FOSS
2. Anyone should care about it.

It looks like a dumbed down OS. Most of it looks like "the morning news." People who need linux or more freedom than windows can warrant will get it anyhow. Let them make it purple, green or use a font called "****-our-pants", personally i feel all that doesnt matter really.

[Paqman]

I look at it and I see Win Phone 7, not Ubuntu.

[Spice Weasel]

1. albeit Copyrighting "purple" would be possible,is it really feasible in the spirit of FOSS


Is it really that hard to tell that I was being sarcastic?

[cracker89]

Is it really that hard to tell that I was being sarcastic?

Well, u did kind of sound it. Although that doesnt stop anyone from pursuing a nice subject u touched upon :P

No offence/reference to u.

[robsoles]

It wouldn't matter if they all looked roughly within 6 degrees of each other - although 'die-hards' from both camps would battle to make someone differentiate. The goals of the people in each camp differ enough to make plenty different about what is under the hood.

For people enamoured ('in love') with any particular OS (or maker 'releaser' thereof) to the point of shunning other operating systems are likely to attribute anything they observe about somebody else's OS to the 'clever clever' people making the one they believe in. Those with historical knowledge of each OS may have any reaction from rolling their eyes to fetching their axes!

I use Ubuntu because it is FOSS, I have at least enough understanding that Microsoft's EULA (for their operating systems, at the very least) makes everything far from FOSS, I understand what Free Open Source Software is and I very much appreciate everyone's efforts in bringing it to me; From those who cooked it through the testers and on to the maintainers, my grateful thanks.

[Merk42]

You're wrong, naysayers. Using the same font for "Start", stylizing their logo on the bag in the exact same way that Ubuntu did when they switched to purple from brown, using aubergine instead of blue... not a coincidence.So either you're a troll or just not listening, I specifically mentioned how Segoe (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Segoe) isn't the same as Ubuntu (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_font), and Segoe came first
No one is allowed to use the same color? Who are you T-Mobile circa 2008 (http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/28/t-mobile-loses-magenta-suit-against-telia-we-try-not-to-laugh/)?

[cyberhood]

This isn't the first time they've copied Ubuntu! You need a keyboard and mouse to operate windows. Same thing with Ubuntu! Canonical should sue!
Actually Microsoft® stole the mouse from Apple®, who stole it from Xerox® who stole it from Telefunken® who stole it from Stanford who stole it from the Canadian Royal Navy... according to Wikipedia (https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Mouse_%28computing%29). LOL

This is just further proof that big lethargic monopolies are literally incapable of originality. They get so big that all they're capable of doing is buying out smaller companies, ripping off others and/or embracing, extending and extinguishing (https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Criticisms_of_microsoft).

These FOSS community's weapon is not the legal field, nor should it be. We must fight back with our originality by creating something newer and better and clearly explaining to others why ours is preferable.

[koenn]

No one is allowed to use the same color? Who are you T-Mobile circa 2008 (http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/28/t-mobile-loses-magenta-suit-against-telia-we-try-not-to-laugh/)?

Apperently you can trademark a colour ....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colour_trademark
so, by definition, if one company in a given trade has registered a colour as its trademark, other businesses in the same trade would be prohibited from using it as a "mark".

[cracker89]

I use Ubuntu because it is FOSS, I have at least enough understanding that Microsoft's EULA (for their operating systems, at the very least) makes everything far from FOSS, I understand what Free Open Source Software is and I very much appreciate everyone's efforts in bringing it to me; From those who cooked it through the testers and on to the maintainers, my grateful thanks.

Long live brother.

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[Dustin2128]

90% does not need to copy 1%.;)
What? Good ideas can come from anywhere, and much more frequently come from start ups and FOSS communities than large organizations like microsoft.

[cracker89]

What? Good ideas can come from anywhere, and much more frequently come from start ups and FOSS communities than large organizations like microsoft.

I think thats sarcasm too :P

[RiceMonster]

I think thats sarcasm too :P

Nope, don't think it was.

[cracker89]

Nope, don't think it was.

Originally Posted by KiwiNZ
90% does not need to copy 1%.

I meant that. Again, no offence/reference to you. :)

[Superkoop]

So for most of the thread I thought it was all a joke that it looked like ubuntu and I was laughing... then I realized some were serious. I started laughing harder.
If MS is copying anyone, it's the current web art style in general.

[cracker89]

So for most of the thread I thought it was all a joke that it looked like ubuntu and I was laughing... then I realized some were serious. I started laughing harder.
If MS is copying anyone, it's the current web art style in general.

ur know it all goggs say it all. ofcourse, they are the end all and be all of all authority making u capable of testifying such...

[Copper Bezel]

I get the vague sense that I would find that comment irritating if it were legible.

[el_koraco]

I get the vague sense that I would find that comment irritating if it were legible.

You'd have to decypher the meaning. I think I get like 40 percent of it.

[cracker89]

i have a vague feeling it'd be legible if i werent this sleepy and/or over burdened with work. altho, no, it wasnt meant to be irritating. definitely not irritating.

albeit, adding something to the discussion:

http://www.newsbyme.info/tag/little-inspiration/

its the phone thang

p.s.: http://msftkitchen.com/2010/06/windows-8-plans-leaked-numerous-details-revealed.html

[phrostbyte]

Microsoft, start your copiers! :P

[ctrlmd]

wonders who has the copyright of yellow

[cracker89]

http://forums.funny-games.biz/picture.php?albumid=297&pictureid=1450
Anyone interested in making a Simpsons OS?

[murderslastcrow]

Somehow that was totally related. And murdered the thread in front of my poor, innocent eyes.

I like that Microsoft's developers are playing with extremes and seeing how far a concept can go, rather than sticking to what people know all the time. It's just not healthy, especially in a market where things are still evolving pretty rapidly. I see this whole computer (tablets,smartphones,laptops) thing getting a bit hard to improve in the next five years. The big changes will most likely be interface design oriented, rather than centered around actual technical features. Then again, I could be DREADFULLY WRONG.

But I think it's closer to the mark, seeing where things are going.