+1 for alluding to Ayn Rand via The Fountainhead.

"I have to say though, the NeXT logo looks a bit too 80s..."

I don't agree. I think anyone that has never heard of NeXT would only associate it with "modern" e.g., 1930s and up (because of the typeface).

It also seriously channels the ~1990 Windows logo with that color palette; I realize it's magenta and not blue, but still...

I guess this would be a good time to point out which came first (Windows 3.0 = 1990).

This kinda thing reminds me of the Amazon comments about Diane Duane's "So You Want to be a Wizard - 20th Anniversary Edition" being a "ripoff" of Harry Potter. Time is hard.