Observant
Mac OS 9 users: notice anything familiar about
XP’s
login screen?
Now, there’s the obvious copying of the concept of having each user’s name with a personalized
icon beside it. But it goes deeper.... if you have time, stroll on over to
Micro$oft’s website. Find your way to some screenshots of XP, specifically, of the login screen. More specifically, of the name that’s currently selected, and the icon beside it.
The duck! The very same
generic yellow rubber duck that is part of
Apple’s login icon collection! Regardless of whether either company owns copyright to that particular picture, the mere concept that they ripoff the interface, and then use the
exact same icon. At least
try to hide it...
It’s too much of a slip-up. There must be someone on the inside. A
mac evangelist within Microsloth’s PR Dept, bringing down the company from the inside...
Of course, nevermind the fact that XP is very cleverly timed to overshadow the release of Mac OS X