[Ocaml-biz] Irish OCaml mascot

[Tony Edgin]

On Wed, 08 Sep 2004 17:38, Niall Dalton wrote:
> Brandon J. Van Every wrote:
> > Tony Edgin wrote:
> >>Start with Olivier Grisel's logo with the camel head inside
> >>the O of OCaml.
> >>If we change the spelling to O'Caml, the name looks Irish.
> >>Instead of the
> >>camel head having sun glasses and chewing on wheat, give the
> >>camel a mop of
> >>red hair.  This red-haired camel could them become the
> >>mascot.  We could even
> >>give it an Irish name like Bartley O'Caml or Caitlin O'Caml.
>
> As a commercial developer using Caml, I'd have to say I hate such
> an idea as a mascot. The fact that I'm Irish only compounds my dislike
> I'm afraid!

This is the death blow to a red-haired camel as a mascot.  Any strongly 
negative feelings is bad for a mascot or logo.  

We should avoid any national or racial identities for a mascot.

-- 
Tony Edgin