Comparing the two holograms on the Windows 95 box

This article discusses the changes made to the Windows 95 anti-piracy hologram due to a government complaint about its depiction of a baby. It highlights the differences between the original and revised holograms.

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I noted some time ago that the Windows 95 anti-piracy hologram had to be redone at the last moment due to a complaint from a government (who remains nameless). They objected to the depiction of naked children on the box, referring to the anti-piracy hologram in which the baby is not wearing a shirt. Since the baby is depicted only from the waist up, they extrapolated that the baby wasn’t wearing pants.

There was a scramble to produce a new hologram, and just to be safe, in the new hologram the baby is wearing a shirt and overalls.

You can find pictures of the “clothed baby” Windows 95 hologram fairly easily, such as one appearing about halfway through Steve Sinofsky’s story about getting Office 95 to pass the “Designed for Windows 95” requirements .¹

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