This represents a window. The common 4 squares of glass with lines in between. However this also represents a flag with the flowing look. Probably the design of this logo was thinking that the display is a window of the computer. To control beyond our reach, through a window like magic.
Abstraction:
The 4 colors of the seasons: Green for Spring, Yellow for Summer, Red for Autum, and Blue for Winter, is used in this logo. What does the colors relate to the logo itself? Through our windows we can see all four seasons pass-by. We do so by looking outside of the window and to convey that to the viewers, you will have to assume the perspective of being indoors (where computers usually are) and looking outside. But to where are we looking? We are looking through our displays and into a virtual world controlled by us via a GUI (Graphic User Interface). So what this logo suggest is that we can control and interact with the outside world through our computers.
So this is a play on the idea of being able to look outside and connect with the world/virtual world while still being inside but being able to interact with it as well.
Symbol:
This logo symbolizes for the entire Microsoft Window series. Like Apple's apple or McDonalds double golden arc, this symbol will be recognized forever. The play on the world "window" and literally using a window shape to create the logo plus the colors representing the seasons convey the idea that this is everlasting and always changing just like the seasons. The window part of the logo is not only a play on the worlds but also saying that you can look outside the window without looking outside an actual window. The flowing shape that kind of looks like it was a flag has long been there since the very first window logo from the first version of the logo released. The flag can represent the flowing of time or just suggest that its a window to the outdoors where there is actually wind.
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