Quote: "the only thing putting a small joke in a program prove that the developers had a little too much time on their hands. Microsoft is no more a "cold corporate monoculture" than Apple."
If it were an actual coded easter egg, I'd agree. But an icon (which would have to be made in some form regardless of whether or not it has a BSOD on the screen) is hardly that much of time waster
Also, after thinking a bit more about Apple vs. MS, I agree, it's not really whether one or the other has a corporate monoculture; they probably both do. I think it's the marketing, and general tone of their [Apple's] text / literature is just of higher quality. Both are probably boring corporations in terms of uniqueness. But whereas MS often
tries to be "hip" and "off the wall", Apple actually manages to succeed (which I concede is more a marketing thing than a quality of Apple itself) - which considering the mammoth that MS is, is surprising: All that cash, and they still have the inability to make "down to earth" marketing / literature.
Apple's ability to be more blunt / "down to earth" is what I like about them (and what I think is reflected in that icon). Probably just clever marketing to make themselves appear "cool" - but at least when they go after that image, they actually do it
right
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