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
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bart Lateur [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 10:51 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 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.
>
