From: Jim Freeze <jim@...>
Date: 2001-05-23T12:54:11+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:15575] Re: I like ruby-chan ...

On Wed, 23 May 2001, Hal E. Fulton wrote:

> But one more comment about Rub[iy]-chan. Don't forget these
> comments from a female Rubyist a few weeks back:
>
> > In this thread, I've seen a few people mention that they'd like some sort
> of
> > sexy woman for the mascot. I'd just like to point out that if a sexy woman
> > becomes Ruby's mascot, you risk alienating some people.
> >

From my perspective, a 'cartoon' mascot makes it more
difficult to sell Ruby to my boss. I think this is
true in general for corporate America.

$0.02

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