Then and now logo comparison

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      4 hours ago

      It’s shocking indeed but not really surprising. Volkswagen was founded under the nazi regime as a state-owned company by Hitler’s initiative.

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      21 hours ago

      Haha, I actually didn’t even notice that on the first look. I saw the spinning prop blades them and BMW were after (though the swastika is another likely design influence)

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    22 hours ago

    It was not called Firefox at first, it was phoenix. Hence the logo. They had to rename.

    I remember when all this went down

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      After Phoenix, it also went as Firebird for some time after Firebird database forced them to change to Firefox.