https://allmicrosoft.wordpress.com/2012/02/18/microsoft-redesigns-the-windows-logo/
Microsoft has announced that the next version of Windows will now carry the new logo. Starting from Windows 3.1, we saw a multicolored flag on our PC's and this evolves over time until Windows 7. With Windows 8, the operating system itself was completely reimagined including the Windows logo.
The new logo, according to Microsoft, was approached with the following key goals:
1. We wanted the new logo to be both modern and classic by echoing the International Typographic Style (or Swiss design) that has been a great influence on our Metro style design philoso