Re: Microsoft taking inspiration from Plasma slogan
Hello, I see it as an opportunity, a big one. On Tue, 29 Jun 2021, 11:30 Lydia Pintscher, wrote: > On Tue, Jun 29, 2021 at 10:20 AM David Redondo > wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > after many people saying that Windows 11 looks a bit similar to Plasma > (which > > is not the focus of this message, please don't start discussing it in > detail). > > They are now using a very familiar slogan to promote Windows 11. Go to > > https://insider.windows.com/en-us/insidewindows11 and scroll down a > bit. You > > will be greeted by > > > > Simple by default. > > Powerful by choice. > > > > I think that's really bad for us. I fear that they can appropriate our > slogan > > through their bigger reach and publicity resulting in us looking like > copy > > cats every time we want to use our "Simply by default. Powerful when > needed". > > I don't even want to think about what would happen if they would > trademark it. > > > > Our goal here should be to stop Microsoft from using it altogether. > Please > > don't yet post on social media or on your blog and make a huge stir. We > want > > to get this resolved as quickly as possible and public trouble may not > help if > > we can do this silently. > > For this I would like to ask the board if they could reach out to > Microsoft to > > try to get them stop copying our slogan. > > > > Regards, > > David > > Hi David, > > Thanks! Looking into it. > > > Cheers > Lydia > > -- > Lydia Pintscher - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher > KDE e.V. Board of Directors > http://kde.org - http://open-advice.org >
Re: Microsoft taking inspiration from Plasma slogan
On Tue, Jun 29, 2021 at 10:20 AM David Redondo wrote: > > Hi, > > after many people saying that Windows 11 looks a bit similar to Plasma (which > is not the focus of this message, please don't start discussing it in detail). > They are now using a very familiar slogan to promote Windows 11. Go to > https://insider.windows.com/en-us/insidewindows11 and scroll down a bit. You > will be greeted by > > Simple by default. > Powerful by choice. > > I think that's really bad for us. I fear that they can appropriate our slogan > through their bigger reach and publicity resulting in us looking like copy > cats every time we want to use our "Simply by default. Powerful when needed". > I don't even want to think about what would happen if they would trademark it. > > Our goal here should be to stop Microsoft from using it altogether. Please > don't yet post on social media or on your blog and make a huge stir. We want > to get this resolved as quickly as possible and public trouble may not help if > we can do this silently. > For this I would like to ask the board if they could reach out to Microsoft to > try to get them stop copying our slogan. > > Regards, > David Hi David, Thanks! Looking into it. Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher KDE e.V. Board of Directors http://kde.org - http://open-advice.org
Microsoft taking inspiration from Plasma slogan
Hi, after many people saying that Windows 11 looks a bit similar to Plasma (which is not the focus of this message, please don't start discussing it in detail). They are now using a very familiar slogan to promote Windows 11. Go to https://insider.windows.com/en-us/insidewindows11 and scroll down a bit. You will be greeted by Simple by default. Powerful by choice. I think that's really bad for us. I fear that they can appropriate our slogan through their bigger reach and publicity resulting in us looking like copy cats every time we want to use our "Simply by default. Powerful when needed". I don't even want to think about what would happen if they would trademark it. Our goal here should be to stop Microsoft from using it altogether. Please don't yet post on social media or on your blog and make a huge stir. We want to get this resolved as quickly as possible and public trouble may not help if we can do this silently. For this I would like to ask the board if they could reach out to Microsoft to try to get them stop copying our slogan. Regards, David
