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This just happens, if you scale down the bitmap you may have at hands by chance (like the one displayed here) using an algorithm you don't know (like your browser scaling down bitmaps). Even in this scenario, you just have to play around and you will always find a size, that has perfect proportional looks. But MS couldn't care less. Of course, they have a vector graphics source for that logo, which you can scale down to any desired bitmap size without this effect showing up.As someone pointed out on another site, when the logo is small, the gap between the red and green looks much narrowed compared to the other gaps.
In contrast, the silly cast shadow in the extremely ugly previous logo is much more likely to impose limitations on how small you can scale it (without making changes to the original). In particular, it will make the gap between green and yellow look smaller.
All in all, the new logo looks much better to me in every aspect I could think of. It's in fact the least infantile look they ever promoted.