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Logo is a conductor, not a composer #36

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@davereid

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.

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msonnabaum

msonnabaum commented on Feb 15, 2013

@msonnabaum

It's true.

wizonesolutions

wizonesolutions commented on Feb 15, 2013

@wizonesolutions

👍

chx

chx commented on Feb 15, 2013

@chx

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

naderman commented on Feb 15, 2013

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Why would you think the guy in the image is a composer? The linux logo isn't a linux either, but a penguin. :)

Seldaek

Seldaek commented on Feb 15, 2013

@Seldaek
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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

neclimdul commented on Feb 15, 2013

@neclimdul

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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

Seldaek commented on Feb 15, 2013

@Seldaek
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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

katbailey commented on Feb 15, 2013

@katbailey

It is clearly Beethoven. Duh.

sdboyer

sdboyer commented on Feb 15, 2013

@sdboyer

a compromise, perhaps? Condoser? Compuctor? i think the latter is a winner.

mikeytown2

mikeytown2 commented on Feb 15, 2013

@mikeytown2

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

moniuch commented on Feb 16, 2013

@moniuch

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

liuggio commented on Feb 16, 2013

@liuggio

for me the icon is correct, but the name should be changed
getconductor.org
:D

robwierzbowski

robwierzbowski commented on Feb 16, 2013

@robwierzbowski

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

naderman commented on Feb 16, 2013

@naderman
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So as a compromise I would like to propose this logo & new name:

violinist

I hope this will appease all sides.

liuggio

liuggio commented on Feb 16, 2013

@liuggio

@naderman 👍 change the issue as RFC

:D

sdboyer

sdboyer commented on Feb 16, 2013

@sdboyer

agreed with @liuggio and @robwierzbowski - this should be classified as a Request for Chopsticks.

JCook21

JCook21 commented on Feb 16, 2013

@JCook21

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

katbailey commented on Feb 16, 2013

@katbailey

beethovenConducting

Just sayin'.

KMantas

KMantas commented on Feb 16, 2013

@KMantas

We can view it with more creativity. System is composer but picture is us who are using it ;-)

moniuch

moniuch commented on Feb 16, 2013

@moniuch

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

GRMule commented on May 4, 2015

@GRMule

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

moniuch commented on May 5, 2015

@moniuch

@GRMule ...Before you all yell at musicians confusing Java and JavaScript... ;-)

WinnieB

WinnieB commented on Feb 7, 2016

@WinnieB

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

liuggio commented on Feb 7, 2016

@liuggio

I think composer == conductor in PHP,
come on we are not saying triple equals.

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          Logo is a conductor, not a composer · Issue #36 · composer/getcomposer.org