Definately prefer the checkmark. I guess there's some trademark issues though, at least a while back when I asked amigakit about providing a keyboard with the checkmark on it
Well, that plus perhaps:
After 13 years, the Boing Ball became the official logo, finally banishing the ghost of the Amiga checkmark.
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