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The logo is very clearly a conductor, not a composer. He is holding a baton and appearing to be flailing his arms in a typical fashion during a performance, which a composer would not do while composing music. I feel this is deceiving to those with musical backgrounds and should be corrected, unless the project name can be changed.
I guess it has to do with A) some? many? composers were also conductors B) conductors, as this logo shows, behave in a very discernible way. Someone sitting at a table or piano and writing on a piece of paper is less so.
You are right, but on the other hand this is probably the most unrelated bikeshedding issue I ever saw in an open source project. Good Friday evening topic, too bad the pints are missing.
The composer (generally) writes out what the conductor will do. If the conductor was not looking at a music sheet and/or there was no music sheet then we might have a major issue. Because of the music sheet I do not see any issues with the logo.
The image obviously depicts a conductor (to be precise: an orchestra conductor - as those conducting unaccompanied choir typically do not use batons). But that put aside, this image for a logo is much like an equivalent of ComicSans for... any purpose. If you know what I mean ;-)
Clearly this is a man who, while learning to use chopsticks has slipped and fallen chest first into the book he was reading, likely on how to use chopsticks. Unless the project's name is changed to "Chopstick Accident", I do not believe this is an acceptable logo.
As a former professional musician turned PHP developer I feel like I should have something meaningful to add to this conversation but I don't. Anyway, it is clearly a conductor but the project's name could be changed to Maestro to reflect this. ;) 👍 for @Seldaek having altered reality on this.
I came here to cry about the conductor in the logo, and see that I'm not alone. Snuffle. Oh well, back to end usering my code... err i mean writing my code.
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msonnabaum commentedon Feb 15, 2013
It's true.
wizonesolutions commentedon Feb 15, 2013
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chx commentedon Feb 15, 2013
I guess it has to do with A) some? many? composers were also conductors B) conductors, as this logo shows, behave in a very discernible way. Someone sitting at a table or piano and writing on a piece of paper is less so.
naderman commentedon Feb 15, 2013
Why would you think the guy in the image is a composer? The linux logo isn't a linux either, but a penguin. :)
Seldaek commentedon Feb 15, 2013
You are right, but on the other hand this is probably the most unrelated bikeshedding issue I ever saw in an open source project. Good Friday evening topic, too bad the pints are missing.
neclimdul commentedon Feb 15, 2013
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I guess the authors just liked conductors. Inexplicable why they didn't choose conductor as their name but who am I to judge?
Seldaek commentedon Feb 15, 2013
Actually, a google image search for composer clearly shows that this is indeed an image of a composer, seems like we have altered reality.
katbailey commentedon Feb 15, 2013
It is clearly Beethoven. Duh.
sdboyer commentedon Feb 15, 2013
a compromise, perhaps? Condoser? Compuctor? i think the latter is a winner.
mikeytown2 commentedon Feb 15, 2013
The composer (generally) writes out what the conductor will do. If the conductor was not looking at a music sheet and/or there was no music sheet then we might have a major issue. Because of the music sheet I do not see any issues with the logo.
moniuch commentedon Feb 16, 2013
The image obviously depicts a conductor (to be precise: an orchestra conductor - as those conducting unaccompanied choir typically do not use batons). But that put aside, this image for a logo is much like an equivalent of ComicSans for... any purpose. If you know what I mean ;-)
liuggio commentedon Feb 16, 2013
for me the icon is correct, but the name should be changed
getconductor.org
:D
robwierzbowski commentedon Feb 16, 2013
Clearly this is a man who, while learning to use chopsticks has slipped and fallen chest first into the book he was reading, likely on how to use chopsticks. Unless the project's name is changed to "Chopstick Accident", I do not believe this is an acceptable logo.
naderman commentedon Feb 16, 2013
So as a compromise I would like to propose this logo & new name:
I hope this will appease all sides.
liuggio commentedon Feb 16, 2013
@naderman 👍 change the issue as RFC
:D
sdboyer commentedon Feb 16, 2013
agreed with @liuggio and @robwierzbowski - this should be classified as a Request for Chopsticks.
JCook21 commentedon Feb 16, 2013
As a former professional musician turned PHP developer I feel like I should have something meaningful to add to this conversation but I don't. Anyway, it is clearly a conductor but the project's name could be changed to Maestro to reflect this. ;) 👍 for @Seldaek having altered reality on this.
Now, where's my Friday evening beer...
katbailey commentedon Feb 16, 2013
Just sayin'.
KMantas commentedon Feb 16, 2013
We can view it with more creativity. System is composer but picture is us who are using it ;-)
moniuch commentedon Feb 16, 2013
Looks now we're all set with the identity for Hände Hoch Software, LLC. @naderman, I hope you're not missing your vocation in your life ;-)
GRMule commentedon May 4, 2015
I came here to cry about the conductor in the logo, and see that I'm not alone. Snuffle. Oh well, back to end usering my code... err i mean writing my code.
We tried, pedants, we tried.
moniuch commentedon May 5, 2015
@GRMule ...Before you all yell at musicians confusing Java and JavaScript... ;-)
Seldaek commentedon May 5, 2015
Related: https://gist.github.com/Seldaek/2befec26e1231b6c280f
WinnieB commentedon Feb 7, 2016
I've been a musician for 30+ years, glad I'm not the only one to notice the project name/logo mismatch! Close enough for PHP, I guess ;-)
liuggio commentedon Feb 7, 2016
I think composer == conductor in PHP,
come on we are not saying triple equals.