‘Happy Mac’ Killed By Jaguar. The Macintosh operating system’s corny but somewhat loveable startup icon appears to be a victim of the latest upgrade. And Apple doesn’t want to discuss it. By Michelle Delio. [Wired News]
bq. Happy Mac was jettisoned to appease the aesthetics of Steve Jobs who has wanted for a long time to dump the “smirking symbol,” sources close to Apple programmers confirmed.
That’s pretty typical–another symbol of the Mac OS gets “Steved.” Apple’s official response (on page 2 of the article) reads like advertising copy.
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