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I believe he meant the opposite of what seems to be understood - in stereotypes russians are highly respected for being extremely smart and resourceful, to the point of being completely badass for western standards.

For example, in Poland we sometimes joke about how russian/soviet technology came only in two kinds - if a device won't fall apart immediately after start, it will last forever. It's mostly meant to be whining about "planned obsolescence" and other business attitudes that came from west, that ultimately is about short term money gain for producers on the expense of consumers' money, happiness and natural resources.

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No, I meant what I said and what I said speaks for itself. I understand very few understood what I said, but the only way I know how to make them grasp my concerns is a one-way ticket to Russia.

I am not disputing that it's a well-engineered piece of technology. It may even be superior.

That's irrelevant.

I expect a level of professionalism and ethical behavior from an open-source project, especially if I rely on it pretty heavily. Placing communist imagery in the logo isn't amusing. And no Russian would find it amusing. I certainly don't. I prefer that my software not make any political statements. Especially if the system it purports to support is responsible for the death of millions of people.

Where did you find "communist imagery in the logo"? http://nginx.org/nginx.gif

http://wiki.nginx.org/images/8/83/Nginx-logo.svg

Old one was better, IMO. "Communist imagery" had some style.

It's not the "old one". Actually, the green logo was made by Igor Sysoev and it is the oldest and the only official logo.

That one from "wiki.nginx.org" is made by Cliff Wells, creator of the wiki: http://www.enemyofthestatement.com/page/view/about

btw, it's funny, @maratd who wrote "Placing communist imagery in the logo isn't amusing" doesn't even imagine that it actually was done by US citizen.

> Actually, the green logo was made by Igor Sysoev and it is the oldest and the only official logo.

Perform a simple whois on nginx.org and you will see that Igor Sysoev is the registrant.

That logo appears on his website over which he has complete control, even now.

I was always taught to assume the best about people.

I will assume that you are correct, that another gentleman who is either ignorant or has a poor sense of humor created and used the logo. I will assume that Mr. Sysoev is far too nice to tell Mr. Wells to take it down.

I retract what I previously said.

EDIT:

I have read the comment which you posted below, in Russian. Mr. Sysoev said that he didn't make it and doesn't like it, for the same reasons I gave earlier. It seems he is too nice to tell the gentleman to take it down.

I apologize for what I said.

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