From: David Thiel <dthiel@...>
Date: 2001-05-23T13:07:39+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:15576] Re: I like ruby-chan ...

What would one have instead as a mascot?  A photo of a Kinglet? :)

-david

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Freeze" <jim@freeze.org>
To: "ruby-talk ML" <ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2001 8:54 PM
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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