Microsoft reminds us its mid-80's logo came from Sevastopol Station

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Another nugget of Microsoft history is tossed into our Happy Meal.
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[h=2]What you need to know[/h]
  • Microsoft Twitter is feeling nostalgic again.
  • This time around, it dug up some vintage 1980's logo and slogan action featuring the all-time classic "the high performance software" tagline.
  • The logo reminds us that at some point, Microsoft and Weyland-Yutani contracted the same graphic designers.
It's that special time of the year when Microsoft looks through the history books and tweets to remind us of the good old days when bread cost a nickel and low-fi synth wasn't just a music genre, but also a logo art style.

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