There is, however, one huge flaw: separated from the wordmark, the icon is flaccid. It looks like they were aiming for Apple-like minimalism in both color and form (which isn't to say that Apple is the only company allowed to practice minimalism), but "a skewed, doubly-bisected square" simply isn't distinctive enough to be iconic. I really hope they iterate on it for Windows 9.
There is, however, one huge flaw: separated from the wordmark, the icon is flaccid. It looks like they were aiming for Apple-like minimalism in both color and form (which isn't to say that Apple is the only company allowed to practice minimalism), but "a skewed, doubly-bisected square" simply isn't distinctive enough to be iconic. I really hope they iterate on it for Windows 9.