From: "Rubén Medellín" <CHubas7@...>
Date: 2008-08-24T00:31:31+09:00
Subject: Re: A Mascot...

I don't know much about marketing (which has nothing to do with
advertising), but IMHO the ruby image itself represents very well the
language and the community. Among programmers, when we see a ruby we
immediately identify it.

I think Ruby community doesn't need a mascot FOR ITSELF. A mascot
should represent whatever it represents outside of the organisation,
and should identify people in. A penguin can represent a lot of
things, but only Tux represents Linux, and is easily identifiable by
lots of people, even if they are not part of the Linux community.

I'm in favor of a Ruby mascot. Community will then adopt it or discard
it on the run, nothing is broken by trying. The worst that can happen
is that nobody uses it and it <<gracefully degrades>>.

Oh, and no snails. I don't quite like the idea of the girl either, but
that's just me. Actually I think _why's foxes are a good candidate for
a mascot (they have the bonus of being already recognized by at least
many people among the community)