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A bit off-topic but the image used suggests that MS have officially adopted the ninja cat riding a flame-breathing unicorn meme [^0]. They even added special emoji to Win 10 [^1].

[^0]: http://www.windowscentral.com/here-microsoft-ninja-cat-wallp...

[^1]: http://blog.emojipedia.org/ninja-cat-the-windows-only-emoji/

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They used the same thing in a Microsoft Patterns & Practices presentation here in Oslo recently.

It also took me by surprise :)

Edit: Proof: http://imgur.com/a/qTadF

I wonder if they paid the original artist. Maybe the original artist should've patented the idea of a cat riding a unicorn. Oh wait that would be stupid and ridiculous.

No, it wouldn't. At least it wouldn't be any more stupid and ridiculous than a patent for exercising a cat with a laser pointer.

http://www.google.com/patents/US5443036 http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=H...

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