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[โ€“] 7 points 3 months ago (1 child)

Ironically it's because they paid very expensive artists.

The windows 8 logo was done by Paula Scher of Pentagram, one of the most exclusive and expensive graphic design firms.

Meeting with Microsoft early in the development process, Pentagram asked: โ€œYour name is Windows. Why are you a flag?โ€

Windows - https://www.pentagram.com/work/windows/story

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