Has anyone made a GitHub list yet for Russian (or Russian funded) software and/or SaaS services that one can/should boycott? It's difficult for simple folk like me to determine the actual beneficiaries of companies nowadays. From the tech sector I'm in, I've heard on Acronis, CloudLinux, Parallels, Virtuozzo and OnApp being Russian funded.
Ask HN: Lists of Russian Software to Boycott?
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Re: Ask HN: Lists of Russian Software to Boycott?
#2Kaspersky would be an obvious one.
There is a whole wikipedia page dedicated to this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Software_companies_of...
Re: Ask HN: Lists of Russian Software to Boycott?
#3Kaspersky would be an obvious one. There is a whole wikipedia page dedicated to this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Software_companies_of...
Thank you, it's a start!
Re: Ask HN: Lists of Russian Software to Boycott?
#4Kaspersky would be an obvious one. There is a whole wikipedia page dedicated to this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Software_companies_of...
Thank you, it's a start!
See my Ask HN for the other side, I'm wondering how many start-ups have taken Russian money and what they plan to do about this. That could get quite hairy if the assets of those shareholders are seized.
Re: Ask HN: Lists of Russian Software to Boycott?
#5Kaspersky would be an obvious one. There is a whole wikipedia page dedicated to this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Software_companies_of...
It's probably also worth noting that some companies are not Russian on paper, but have a ton of employees located in Russia (e.g. Jetbrains' Kotlin is named after an island near St Petersburg; the company is czech on paper)
Re: Ask HN: Lists of Russian Software to Boycott?
#6Earlier quoted context omitted.
Thank you, it's a start!
See my Ask HN for the other side, I'm wondering how many start-ups have taken Russian money and what they plan to do about this. That could get quite hairy if the assets of those shareholders are seized.
Damn, that could turn ugly for so many people. Now we're all playing Five Degrees of Vladimir Putin.
Re: Ask HN: Lists of Russian Software to Boycott?
#7I wonder at which point this current hunt for (civilian) Russians only drives them into the arms of Putin. To me it feels petty and ultimately counterproductive trying to exclude every Russian from the world community.
If you seriously want to boycott "Russian" software, why don't you start with this Sergey Brin guy - sounds Russian to me /s
Re: Ask HN: Lists of Russian Software to Boycott?
#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
See my Ask HN for the other side, I'm wondering how many start-ups have taken Russian money and what they plan to do about this. That could get quite hairy if the assets of those shareholders are seized.
Damn, that could turn ugly for so many people. Now we're all playing Five Degrees of Vladimir Putin.
Yes, and don't underestimate about how much money we are talking here, some of those funds have moved billions. Wasn't there one of those Russians that pumped money into every YC company?
Re: Ask HN: Lists of Russian Software to Boycott?
#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
See my Ask HN for the other side, I'm wondering how many start-ups have taken Russian money and what they plan to do about this. That could get quite hairy if the assets of those shareholders are seized.
Damn, that could turn ugly for so many people. Now we're all playing Five Degrees of Vladimir Putin.
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Re: Ask HN: Lists of Russian Software to Boycott?
#10Kaspersky would be an obvious one. There is a whole wikipedia page dedicated to this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Software_companies_of...
It's probably also worth noting that some companies are not Russian on paper, but have a ton of employees located in Russia (e.g. Jetbrains' Kotlin is named after an island near St Petersburg; the company is czech on paper)
I really hope Jetbrains exits Russia. There are some good programmers in Russia, but there are plenty of alternatives in countries not led by homicidal dictators.