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genera
No SUN? Their logo would probably be the best seller.
gresrun
Sun didn't fail; it was acquired and the right to the logo are Oracle's.
genera
Microsoft didn't fail either. Who said anything about "Failed company logos on t-shirts"...?
sibsibsib
The site itself:

"A history of silicon valley failure written in t-shirts"

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cliftonmckinney
I was hoping to see webvan in the mix. Guess their logo belongs to amazon?
Contractor69
Not all Silicon Valley companies...

Commodore - Westchester, PA

Compuserve - Columbus, OH

Infocom - Cambridge, MA

DEC - Maynard, MA

Microsoft - Seattle, WA

Tandy - Fort Worth, TX

hsmyers
Need to come with instructions for washing so as to achieve that worn with age look to go along with holes in the blue jeans...
bigjust
they have the "distressed" style for that
bradleyland
Surely someone still owns the trademarks to many of these? Get 'em while they last.
nickbp
FWIW the author claims this in the FAQ:

This is cool and all, but you aren’t the owner of any of these logos. Aren’t you going to be in deep trouble?

Trademarks need to be renewed fairly often. Even old logos from companies still in business get abandoned and die. Everything on this site is legally kosher as far as public records are concerned.

rrival
Not as old school and most of the startups are still alive:

http://www.startupschwag.com/

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I tried to track down who owned webvan's art through a screen printer that worked with them to no avail. Also tried to find out who has kozmo.com's art. Didn't get anywhere there either.

nickbp
These look great, though I'm not sure I can justify $25 each on tshirts..

Also, I think this is the first time I've seen a .biz that wasn't spam-related (or is it?!?!)

cleverjake
hrm, site and shirts have been pulled down...