If you were interested as to why people aren't very eager to make big IT companies in Russia, here's a rather big bruh moment from a few days ago: a russian company called Rambler has claimed that nginx (a pretty big web server) was made on company time, and so they have the exclusive rights to it. It's already an idiotic proposition, but when you consider the fact that it was created in 2002, the company was founded in 2011, and rambler didn't give half a shit all this time, it really shows what they're actually doing.
Quite recently, nginx was acquired by a US company F5, and rambler has smelled the scent of money. So without any actual discussion they just sent the cops to raid the Nginx Inc. offices and the founders' apartments. Given that rambler wants them jailed for as much as six years, and the fact that the owner has very close ties to the government - I gotta commend these dudes for the diameter of their balls because they do not intend to leave the country and want to legally battle rambler.
I don't know if being acquired by a US company is going to help them or not, but I really hope that everyone will at least be safe. Rambler winning this in any capacity will be devastating to the internet landscape both in Russia and overseas.
Quite recently, nginx was acquired by a US company F5, and rambler has smelled the scent of money. So without any actual discussion they just sent the cops to raid the Nginx Inc. offices and the founders' apartments. Given that rambler wants them jailed for as much as six years, and the fact that the owner has very close ties to the government - I gotta commend these dudes for the diameter of their balls because they do not intend to leave the country and want to legally battle rambler.
I don't know if being acquired by a US company is going to help them or not, but I really hope that everyone will at least be safe. Rambler winning this in any capacity will be devastating to the internet landscape both in Russia and overseas.
warning: politics ahead
If you've seen the results of the impeachment vote, you might've noticed something peculiar: not a single republican voted "no" on either article.
Well, actually, that's wrong. One did. It's just that to do so, he had to leave the party. Justin Amash, previously a republican, was effectively forced out of the party in order to vote this way to begin with, and he's now an independant.
The thing is, his other policies are still predominantly republican, and this serves as a pretty good example of why american politics are so polarized: any step outside of the party's interests is considered political suicide.
If you've seen the results of the impeachment vote, you might've noticed something peculiar: not a single republican voted "no" on either article.
Well, actually, that's wrong. One did. It's just that to do so, he had to leave the party. Justin Amash, previously a republican, was effectively forced out of the party in order to vote this way to begin with, and he's now an independant.
The thing is, his other policies are still predominantly republican, and this serves as a pretty good example of why american politics are so polarized: any step outside of the party's interests is considered political suicide.