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silverwizard (silverwizard@convenient.email)'s status on Saturday, 03-Aug-2024 07:50:42 JST silverwizard
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@mwl en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/OS-tan apparently there's an *official* Windows11-tan so sadly probably copyrighted :(
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  OS-tans are moe anthropomorphic personifications of popular operating systems, originating on the Japanese imageboard Futaba Channel. The designs of the OS-tans, which were created by various amateur Japanese artists, are typically female; for example, the personifications of Microsoft Windows operating systems are often depicted as sisters of varying ages. The -tan element in the term is a hypocoristic suffix in Japanese that implies extremely youthful endearment. Though initially appearing only in fan works, the OS-tans proved popular enough that Microsoft branches in Asian countries such as Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Japan used the OS-tan personification concept as the basis for advertising campaigns for Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer (now known as Microsoft Edge) and Microsoft Silverlight, respectively. History The concept of the OS-tan is reported to have begun as a personification of the common perception of Windows Me (Released in 2000 by Microsoft as the 9x counterpart to Windows 2000) as unstable and prone to frequent crashes. Discussions on Futaba Channel likened this to the stereotype of a fickle...
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  Michael Lucas :flan_set_fire: (mwl@io.mwl.io)'s status on Saturday, 03-Aug-2024 07:50:43 JST Michael Lucas :flan_set_fire:
  
  Pondering a new edition of "networking for systems administrators." The problem is the cover.
  Parody art is my go-to, but N4SA covers Linux, BSD, and Windows. Windows has no mascot to parody.
  They are notably fierce in protecting their trademarks, so if they had a mascot I probably wouldn't use it.
  Pondering using https://www.artsy.net/artwork/giuseppe-zocchi-pietre-dure-of-architettura because it has lots of windows. Which is a total cop-out, but I'm prepared to hide wildly behind it.
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    Giuseppe Zocchi | Pietre Dure of Architettura (Early 19th Century) | Artsy
    
    From M.S. Rau, Giuseppe Zocchi, Pietre Dure of Architettura (Early 19th Century), Pietre Dure, 27 × 34 3/8 × 1 5/8 in

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