The Case Of The Stolen Duck

[madamimadam]

I remember reading in a Mac Mag about how Microsoft allegedly stole the duck in Mac OS 9 that could be used as a multi-user icon.

Now that I have XP, I have the proof.

Here is the Mac OS 9 one:

 

[madamimadam]

Here is the Windows XP one:

 

[GeeYouEye]

And... this comes as a surprise?

 

[madamimadam]

To be totally truthful, if you do a horizontal flip on the XP duck it does not look like the 9 duck but I am still very sus

 

[MacCoaster]

They both come from the same stock art company.

 

[beez7777]

the second duck is also a sample picture included with photoshop 7

 

[MrMacMan]

Acually buisness copyright thoses pictures and then sell them to other companyies. So *probably* no stealing invoulved.