The icon is Saint John's Cross:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E2%8C%98

and has actually been used for centuries to designate "place of interest"

So you could think of it as our use is an attempt to reclaim it to the
public domain ...

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On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 12:58 PM, Matt Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 12:58 PM, Christina Xu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Question: Why is the Mac command button thing being used as an icon? Was
> it
> > purely an aesthetic choice? 'Cause, in case you forget, Macs are kiiind
> of
> > proprietary all over the place.
>
> What she said.
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