Scott Barnes, a Microsoft Product Manager on the Rich Platform team, has shown us the new .NET logo. Here it is:

In his post he explains why they chose a new logo, using all kinds fluff about consistency, robustness and user experience. Yeah, yeah. Whatever. He also goes on to explain it needed to conform to the design principles of Microsoft (makes sense!).

Interestingly he notes they needed a logo that aligned with Silverlight, Surface and Strata. Could this be confirmation that Strata is a specific brand? We suspect so.

The result is what they are referring to as the ‘wave’.

No doubt we’ll see this featuring at PDC in just a day or so now. Can’t wait.

For the record: We love it.

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