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| It has been suggested from time to time, that the breast sizes of the individual OS-tans represent their RAM requirements. Because [[XP-tan|Windows XP]] is considered a memory hog due to its increased resource consumption, XP-tan is incredibly well endowed (and she has no qualms about getting upgraded from time to time). 2K-tan normally rates as a close second, whereas as someone like [[MSDOS | MSDOS-tan]] lies at the complete opposite end of the spectrum. Another theory states that the breast size of an OS-tan represents the overall fanciness of their graphical user interface. Since XP was designed with 'bells and whistles', she has the largest breasts, but DOS, being no more than a command prompt, is at the other extreme. An alternate method of displaying memory or resource requirements in general is through the character's appetite. XP is often seen eating ridiculous amounts of food, sometimes to the point of obesity. | | It has been suggested from time to time, that the breast sizes of the individual OS-tans represent their RAM requirements. Because [[XP-tan|Windows XP]] is considered a memory hog due to its increased resource consumption, XP-tan is incredibly well endowed (and she has no qualms about getting upgraded from time to time). 2K-tan normally rates as a close second, whereas as someone like [[MSDOS | MSDOS-tan]] lies at the complete opposite end of the spectrum. Another theory states that the breast size of an OS-tan represents the overall fanciness of their graphical user interface. Since XP was designed with 'bells and whistles', she has the largest breasts, but DOS, being no more than a command prompt, is at the other extreme. An alternate method of displaying memory or resource requirements in general is through the character's appetite. XP is often seen eating ridiculous amounts of food, sometimes to the point of obesity. |
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| == Movement against Netrunner == | | ==Controversy== |
| [http://www.sbpnet.jp/netrunner/ Netrunner], a monthly computer magazine in Japan, introduced an image board browsing software named Berry in one issue. Berry created a surge of traffic to Futaba, as well as many inexperienced users who knew nothing about the rules and decorum of Futaba. This troubled, but did not entirely anger, Futaba users.
| | The OS-Tan phenomenon has had its share of problems. The first of which was with [[Dispute between Futaba Society and Déjà vu|'''''Deja Vu artworks''''']], a doujin group who claimed ownerships of several designs, including [[NT-tan]]. The second was with [[Movement against Netrunner|'''''Netrunner''''']], an magazine who also claimed ownership of the design for [[Me-tan]]. The third comes with the comic [['''''Troubled Windows USA''''']], which has come under fire due to its excessive use of American stereotypes. A more recent but less severe problem has come with the design for the personification of [[Vistan|Windows Vista]]. |
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| However, the May 2004 issue of Netrunner was bundled with a set of trading cards, depicting (among others) many original characters from Futaba-including ME-tan. As this was done without permission from the [http://windows-me-tan.hp.infoseek.co.jp/ original designer of ME-tan], many people became angry with Netrunner!-- I am unfamiliar with Japanese copyright law, but would this not have been a copybio? --, and the designer of ME-tan announced that it will never grant permission to use any of its work to anyone related to Netrunner.
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| Furthermore, users from Futaba produced a series of banners and images, indicating that it doesn't welcome anyone related to Netrunner. Several OS-tans were also included in these banners.
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| In one OS-tan manga, 2K-tan and XP-tan break into Netoran's office (or literally Netrun, an abbreviation of Netrunner) to rescue the abducted ME-tan, only to find that ME-tan has already killed everybody there using a knife with the name B. Gate (as in Bill Gates) on it. 2K-tan and XP-tan refer to B. Gate as father.
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| ===Dispute between Futaba Society and Deja Vu===
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| [http://www.dejavuartworks.com/ Deja Vu Art Works] is a doujin group in Japan, which has published doujinshi of the OS-tan called Ky#333;y#363; Fol-DA! (#20849;#26377;#12501;#12457;#12523;DA! ky#333;y#363; foruda) (Literal translation: Shared Fol-DA!). However, it has clashed with Futaba society on several points:
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| #Deja Vu's manga use its own design of [[NT-tan]] (Windows NT 4.0 SP6) instead of Futaba's design.
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| #*Futaba users claimed this is disrespectful to original creators of OS-tan, hence so called stealing OS-tan from them.
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| #*Deja Vu claimed it has rights to create new characters.
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| #Deja Vu published a 2K-tan manga with ©Deja vu on it.
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| #*Futaba users claimed the copyright mark showed that Deja Vu ignored the original creator of OS-tan and claimed themselves as the original creators, and are intentionally misleading others (to think so). They also showed a screenshot on the Internet, showing some other doujin group mistaken Deja Vu and Ky#333;y#363; Fol-DA! as original creator.
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| #*Deja Vu claimed it was only a careless mistake.
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| #A cosplay photo of XP-tan (by MALINO, a member of Deja Vu) was posted on Futaba, while the costume's tailor only permitted the photo to be posted in a membership-based cosplay site.
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| #*Futaba users claimed that Deja Vu posted those photos, hence violating the agreement.
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| #*Deja Vu claimed that it only posted the photo in the members-only cosplay site, but soon somebody posted those photos on Futaba with an insult.
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| #**Later, a Futaba user found a link (hidden by using text in the same color as the background) which later was deleted.
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| #***Futaba users claimed this as proof that Deja Vu actually violated the agreement.
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| #***Deja Vu claimed its post was only a counter measure against the post in Futaba, and had no intention of violating the agreement. Later they deleted the link as it received complaints from the XP-tan costume's tailor.
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| #Originally in Deja Vu's homepage, one only claimed its manga was being published on Netrunner, but after the start of the dispute one changed its homepage and claimed that its manga on Netrunner was published without its permission.
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| #*Futaba users claim this is a fact showing Deja Vu had been working for Netrunner.
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| #*Deja Vu claimed the change in its homepage only reflects the facts.
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| #There are some other minor disputes.
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| It seems that the dispute still can't be resolved, or at least that the parties involved have no intention of resolving it. Generally, Futaba Society considers Deja Vu as another enemy (just like Netrunner), Deja Vu declared it would continue to publish its manga, and other people either remain neutral (e.g. the creators of [[Me-tan|ME-tan]] and [[XP-tan]]) or ignorant of the dispute.
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| ==Flash Animation and Videos== | | ==Flash Animation and Videos== |
