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Postings from May 2001
I've often thought about trademarking a Shiny Ball (Perl) and an oyster/clam/mussel shell "with association to the Perl language". The first thought is to give a demonstration on how rude holding this type of symbol is. But, I'd have licensed it to the community openly after an initial snit. I didn't do it because it would have taken $600 to prove a point. David T. Grove Blue Square Group pete@petes-place.com pete@bluesq2.com > -----Original Message----- > From: Bart Lateur [mailto:bart.lateur@skynet.be] > Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 10:51 AM > To: perl6-language@perl.org > Subject: Re: Apoc2 - <STDIN> concerns ::::: new mascot? > > > On Wed, 9 May 2001 10:24:26 -0400, David Grove wrote: > > >I remember someone (whether at O'Reilly or > >not I don't remember) saying that, even if it looks like a horse > but has a > >hump, it's not allowed. Or was that an alpaca with a llama... > > > >The RFC pleads for a community spirit from ORA. Barring that, it > seeks a new > >symbol for the community entirely. > > Several perl ports, and at least one book, use a "shiny ball" as a > symbol. > > <http://www.effectiveperl.com> > > Scroll down to the heading "Book Nickname (?)". > > It took me a bit of thinking before I realized what this "shiny ball" > represents. Odd. > > -- > Bart. >