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вЂњSo the next week I got a 100 8-by-10s from them saying вЂPlease autograph them and send them back.вЂќД«ut as Microsoft continues to rework Windows, so, too, do the owners of the vineyard. The photo you see above the default wallpaper for Windows XP is probably the most recognizable image in the world. What you probably didnвЂ™t know is that itвЂ™s a real photo, called Bliss. The clouds were there, the green grass was there and the blue sky.вЂќ The photo you see above the default wallpaper for Windows XP is probably the most recognizable image in the world. Tell us about it.вЂ™ I wrote back and said, вЂSorry, itвЂ™s the real deal. Some of us think it was taken out in eastern Washington in the Palouse area. вЂњI got an email from someone at Microsoft-I suspect it was the engineering department-saying, вЂWe have a contest going about that photograph,вЂ™вЂќ OвЂ™Rear said. And, most likely, вЂњBlissвЂќ will remain his most famous work forever. Microsoft Windows, commonly referred to as Windows, is a family of proprietary graphical operating systems developed by Microsoft, which includes various products for different markets and industries that use a similar user interface and feature set.

But вЂњBlissвЂќ remains his most famous work. He shot photos for other stories on advanced materials, as well as a coffee table book on Silicon Valley. ItвЂ™s his hand, he said, holding a Motorola 68000 chip on the cover of the Oct. Bliss, the photo used as the default wallpaper on Windows XP, is considered to be the most-viewed photo in the history of the world. He helped pioneer National GeographicвЂ™s technology coverage. OвЂ™Rear himself has his own, separate technology connections.