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Windows keyboards are designed around the Windows OS so they feature that logo? I have an Ethernet adapter with an Apple logo on it but it's plugged into a Dell running Linux. Is that absurdly out of place? I just don't understand this thread at all.



By "windows keyboards" you likely mean the very common IBM PC Keyboard layout which was expanded many times, most famously in 1994 with the addition of 2 keys: Windows and Menu

I do wonder why my laptop which I bought with Linux pre-installed has another vendors operating system logo as a standard key on an otherwise vendor neutral keyboard.

I wonder why IBM, who created many keys that I commonly use on my keyboard does not have their logo anywhere.

The "fridge" analogy was because the universal sign for "liquid" is not "Pepsi".

But imagine that the keyboard had other vendor logos, the "B" is the Broadcom logo, because frankly it's almost assured that there is Broadcom tech in there. Intel puts an "intel inside" logo for turning on numlock since they're the owners of the patent.

Just feels surreal, silly, and very out of place.

Unless of course you say "all non-Apple personal computers are exclusively Windows PCs" which feels a bit grotesque to cede control in such a way. Even when Intel was extremely dominant in CPU manufacture did we allow them to put their logo into standards in this way. (thunderbolt, USB et al.)

You'll say "ah, but they invented a new key and it was useful so we kept it" except;

1) no: while they popularised a "Windows Natural Keyboard" layout with this key in 1994, Super and Meta keys predate them by about 10 and 20 years respectively; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_key_(keyboard_button) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meta_key

2) creating something useful doesn't grant you license to advertise with it forever, even if it had been original.


> By "windows keyboards" you likely mean the very common IBM PC Keyboard layout.

The Windows keyboard is a 27+ year old design made for Windows PCs. "IBM PC" is like talking about Greek antiquity and has no relevance.

Your Linux laptop came with a Winkey because the manufacturer was lazy. Maybe tell them to try harder?

> Unless of course you say "all non-Apple personal computers are exclusively Windows PCs" which feels a bit grotesque to cede control in such a way.

Windows sits at 87% market share. This is "I use Bing to Google things" levels of silliness.

I say this as an exclusive Linux user of 20+ years, btw.


> Windows sits at 87% market share.

Only in 1 Market Segment; and in 1994 they didn't even have that.

So what's your point exactly?




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