From: maili31s@... (SugHimsi==SUGIHARA Hiroshi)
Date: 2008-08-23T23:58:13+09:00
Subject: Re: A Mascot...

Hi Bill,

On Sat, 23 Aug 2008 12:56 JST, Bill Kelly wrote:

: Strange; I'm pretty sure I was on ruby-talk before and during the initial
: mascot proposals, but I'm not able to locate the initial "ruby-chan"
: proposal message in my archives.
: 
: Here's an early post that mentions the ruby manga character as 
: having been illustrated by a Japanese rubyist (which jibes with
: memory)... but goes on to propose a Ruby Crowned Kinglet 
: instead:
: 
: http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/14121
: 
: 
: Anyway, I remember all this from 2001... If we *had* to have a mascot,
: I thought the ruby crowned kinglet was pretty cool...
: 
: But I'm perfectly happy with:
: 
: >> defined? Mascot
: => nil
: 
: 
: :)

* I'm actually not for having official Ruby mascot in any sense.
* And I'm not an apt person to comment on this issue, since I had lost
  what mascot proposals are given in the URL mentioned above.
* Ancient history, anyway.

Just to point out the illustration in your memory is perhaps around here:

<http://www.clio.ne.jp/home/web-i31s/Flotuard/Ruby/ruby-chan-s.html>
(Ruby-chan-s' portal, since 2001)

Hope in a weekend to cast a glance with a smile.
-- 
SugHimsi == SUGIHARA Hiroshi
maili31s at CLIO-Net