I always thought that the 'Flag' was a window, perhaps because of the name association. It certainly has panes. If you look at the history, it evolved from Wind

I always thought that the 'Flag' was a window, perhaps because of the name association. It certainly has panes. If you look at the history, it evolved from Windows 3.1 which was assuredly a window. I don't see a flag in the most recent logo either, it just looks like a typical move to flat branding (and I think it works, it looks great on the back of a tablet). >What I see in front of me is a rectangle with a green stroke. Perhaps Gomez-Palicio and I are looking at something different. Either way, ostensibly Whitman had fully justified the HP mark, so why did Gomez-Palicio feel compelled to invent metaphors where there were none? This compensatory narrative about server rooms shouldn't be necessary. Yet this is exactly the rationale behind the 'Slate' thing which had some weird allusions to a corporate tower block and random space pictures. Why did everyone start gushing over it?