From: "Ray Saintonge" saintonge@telus.net
That the trademark would extend to all uses of puzzle pieces in any context is just too far-fetched. There is absolutely nothing in the design to remind people of Microsoft.
Well, it's not so much as a trademark thing, in my mind, it's just that when I saw the puzzle sphere and some of the suggestions about using some of the puzzle pieces, it reminded me of the Microsoft usage of one piece of their suite being for each of the puzzle pieces. So there is definitely "something" to remind "someone" about this usage of software pieces and pieces of the puzzle. Maybe I'm weird or something but that's the first thing I thought of, I'm sure that I wouldn't be alone in thinking this way.
There are far too many questions in my mind about this logo to give my support to the concept.
Sincerely, Jay B.