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reply Kyle Furlong <kylefurlong gmail.com> writes:
Does anyone else think that D-man needs to retire? I think some cute animal or
other recognizable mascot would suit better.
Mar 19 2006
next sibling parent reply Tom <ihate spam.com> writes:
Kyle Furlong escribió:

 Does anyone else think that D-man needs to retire? I think some cute 
 animal or other recognizable mascot would suit better.


D man is nice, but if it doesn't hurt Walter's feelings and if he agree 
of course, we could suggest another more sophisticated. This could be 
done for the 1.0 release. :D

Tom;

P.S.: A contest could be organized for the purpose (mental note: what 
stupid do I feel talking about this) :P
Mar 19 2006
parent reply "Walter Bright" <newshound digitalmars.com> writes:
"Tom" <ihate spam.com> wrote in message 
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 Kyle Furlong escribió:

 Does anyone else think that D-man needs to retire? I think some cute 
 animal or other recognizable mascot would suit better.


 D man is nice, but if it doesn't hurt Walter's feelings and if he agree of 
 course, we could suggest another more sophisticated. This could be done 
 for the 1.0 release. :D

 Tom;

 P.S.: A contest could be organized for the purpose (mental note: what 
 stupid do I feel talking about this) :P


Hey! What's wrong with D-man? <g>
Mar 19 2006
next sibling parent reply Kyle Furlong <kylefurlong gmail.com> writes:
Walter Bright wrote:

 "Tom" <ihate spam.com> wrote in message 
 news:dvl2pd$102v$1 digitaldaemon.com...

 Kyle Furlong escribió:

 Does anyone else think that D-man needs to retire? I think some cute 
 animal or other recognizable mascot would suit better.


 D man is nice, but if it doesn't hurt Walter's feelings and if he agree of 
 course, we could suggest another more sophisticated. This could be done 
 for the 1.0 release. :D

 Tom;

 P.S.: A contest could be organized for the purpose (mental note: what 
 stupid do I feel talking about this) :P


 
 Hey! What's wrong with D-man? <g> 
 
 


Hes great as far as he goes. The thing here is marketability. If you don't care
about that then the name D, and associated d-man 
mascot are fine. But if one wants to build a grassroots word of mouth campaign,
a more recognizable name and/or mascot would help.
Mar 19 2006
parent reply Hasan Aljudy <hasan.aljudy gmail.com> writes:
Kyle Furlong wrote:

 Walter Bright wrote:
 

 "Tom" <ihate spam.com> wrote in message 
 news:dvl2pd$102v$1 digitaldaemon.com...


 Kyle Furlong escribió:


 Does anyone else think that D-man needs to retire? I think some cute 
 animal or other recognizable mascot would suit better.


 D man is nice, but if it doesn't hurt Walter's feelings and if he 
 agree of course, we could suggest another more sophisticated. This 
 could be done for the 1.0 release. :D

 Tom;

 P.S.: A contest could be organized for the purpose (mental note: what 
 stupid do I feel talking about this) :P



 Hey! What's wrong with D-man? <g>


 
 Hes great as far as he goes. The thing here is marketability. If you 
 don't care about that then the name D, and associated d-man mascot are 
 fine. But if one wants to build a grassroots word of mouth campaign, a 
 more recognizable name and/or mascot would help.


I think the name is fine.
The mascot is ... let's just say I think we need a new one.
Mar 19 2006
parent clayasaurus <clayasaurus gmail.com> writes:
Hasan Aljudy wrote:

 Kyle Furlong wrote:

 Walter Bright wrote:


 "Tom" <ihate spam.com> wrote in message 
 news:dvl2pd$102v$1 digitaldaemon.com...


 Kyle Furlong escribió:


 Does anyone else think that D-man needs to retire? I think some 
 cute animal or other recognizable mascot would suit better.


 D man is nice, but if it doesn't hurt Walter's feelings and if he 
 agree of course, we could suggest another more sophisticated. This 
 could be done for the 1.0 release. :D

 Tom;

 P.S.: A contest could be organized for the purpose (mental note: 
 what stupid do I feel talking about this) :P



 Hey! What's wrong with D-man? <g>


 Hes great as far as he goes. The thing here is marketability. If you 
 don't care about that then the name D, and associated d-man mascot are 
 fine. But if one wants to build a grassroots word of mouth campaign, a 
 more recognizable name and/or mascot would help.


 
 I think the name is fine.
 The mascot is ... let's just say I think we need a new one.


I like D man.
Mar 21 2006
prev sibling next sibling parent reply John Reimer <terminal.node gmail.com> writes:
Walter Bright wrote:

 "Tom" <ihate spam.com> wrote in message 
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 Kyle Furlong escribió:

 Does anyone else think that D-man needs to retire? I think some cute 
 animal or other recognizable mascot would suit better.


 D man is nice, but if it doesn't hurt Walter's feelings and if he agree of 
 course, we could suggest another more sophisticated. This could be done 
 for the 1.0 release. :D

 Tom;

 P.S.: A contest could be organized for the purpose (mental note: what 
 stupid do I feel talking about this) :P


 
 Hey! What's wrong with D-man? <g> 
 
 


I like D-man.  Maybe he could be upgraded a bit, though. :)

-JJR
Mar 19 2006
parent James Dunne <james.jdunne gmail.com> writes:
John Reimer wrote:

 Walter Bright wrote:
 

 "Tom" <ihate spam.com> wrote in message 
 news:dvl2pd$102v$1 digitaldaemon.com...


 Kyle Furlong escribió:


 Does anyone else think that D-man needs to retire? I think some cute 
 animal or other recognizable mascot would suit better.


 D man is nice, but if it doesn't hurt Walter's feelings and if he 
 agree of course, we could suggest another more sophisticated. This 
 could be done for the 1.0 release. :D

 Tom;

 P.S.: A contest could be organized for the purpose (mental note: what 
 stupid do I feel talking about this) :P



 Hey! What's wrong with D-man? <g>


 
 I like D-man.  Maybe he could be upgraded a bit, though. :)
 
 -JJR


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Mar 20 2006
prev sibling parent reply Tom <Tom_member pathlink.com> writes:
In article <dvlga7$1j96$2 digitaldaemon.com>, Walter Bright says...

"Tom" <ihate spam.com> wrote in message 
news:dvl2pd$102v$1 digitaldaemon.com...

 Kyle Furlong escribió:

 Does anyone else think that D-man needs to retire? I think some cute 
 animal or other recognizable mascot would suit better.


 D man is nice, but if it doesn't hurt Walter's feelings and if he agree of 
 course, we could suggest another more sophisticated. This could be done 
 for the 1.0 release. :D

 Tom;

 P.S.: A contest could be organized for the purpose (mental note: what 
 stupid do I feel talking about this) :P


Hey! What's wrong with D-man? <g> 


No no, really D-man is nice and funny, in fact I become fond of D-man with time
(??? :D). It's just a marketing thing, he'd stay in our hearts forever <g>.

Tom;
Mar 20 2006
next sibling parent reply "Chris Miller" <chris dprogramming.com> writes:
On Mon, 20 Mar 2006 08:44:46 -0500, Tom <Tom_member pathlink.com> wrote:


 In article <dvlga7$1j96$2 digitaldaemon.com>, Walter Bright says...

 "Tom" <ihate spam.com> wrote in message
 news:dvl2pd$102v$1 digitaldaemon.com...

 Kyle Furlong escribió:

 Does anyone else think that D-man needs to retire? I think some cute
 animal or other recognizable mascot would suit better.


 D man is nice, but if it doesn't hurt Walter's feelings and if he  
 agree of
 course, we could suggest another more sophisticated. This could be done
 for the 1.0 release. :D

 Tom;

 P.S.: A contest could be organized for the purpose (mental note: what
 stupid do I feel talking about this) :P


 Hey! What's wrong with D-man? <g>


 No no, really D-man is nice and funny, in fact I become fond of D-man  
 with time
 (??? :D). It's just a marketing thing, he'd stay in our hearts forever  
 <g>.

 Tom;


yea, I like it. Sure it's not high quality, but perhaps it suggests that  
we focus our talents elsewhere :)
I think someone did improve its quality before but I have no idea where it  
is, I probably have it archived somewhere.
Mar 20 2006
parent reply =?UTF-8?B?QW5kZXJzIEYgQmrDtnJrbHVuZA==?= <afb algonet.se> writes:
Chris Miller wrote:


 I think someone did improve its quality before but I have no idea where 
 it  is, I probably have it archived somewhere.


Did you mean just the existing image, or drew an improved new D-man ?

The antialiased one is here: http://gdcmac.sourceforge.net/dlogo.png

--anders
Mar 20 2006
next sibling parent "Walter Bright" <newshound digitalmars.com> writes:
"Anders F Björklund" <afb algonet.se> wrote in message 
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 Chris Miller wrote:


 I think someone did improve its quality before but I have no idea where 
 it  is, I probably have it archived somewhere.


 Did you mean just the existing image, or drew an improved new D-man ?

 The antialiased one is here: http://gdcmac.sourceforge.net/dlogo.png


I originally approached three professional cartoonists to do a D-man. One 
couldn't be bothered with it. Another "didn't do that kind of work." The 
third wanted royalties and to retain copyright, as if D-man was the next 
Steamboat Willie. Criminy. I just sketched him out on some scratch paper and 
scanned him in!
Mar 20 2006
prev sibling parent "Chris Miller" <chris dprogramming.com> writes:
On Mon, 20 Mar 2006 10:41:19 -0500, Anders F Björklund <afb algonet.se>  
wrote:


 Chris Miller wrote:


 I think someone did improve its quality before but I have no idea where  
 it  is, I probably have it archived somewhere.


 Did you mean just the existing image, or drew an improved new D-man ?

 The antialiased one is here: http://gdcmac.sourceforge.net/dlogo.png


That's probably it, looks pretty good.
Mar 20 2006
prev sibling parent reply "Jarrett Billingsley" <kb3ctd2 yahoo.com> writes:
"Tom" <Tom_member pathlink.com> wrote in message 
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 (??? :D)


That's it!

:D

There it is.  It's a logo and a mascot all in one!
Mar 20 2006
next sibling parent Alexander Panek <alexander.panek brainsware.org> writes:
Jarrett Billingsley wrote:

 "Tom" <Tom_member pathlink.com> wrote in message 
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(??? :D)


 
 
 That's it!
 
 :D
 
 There it is.  It's a logo and a mascot all in one! 
 
 


[x] :D
[ ] <anything else>

:D ... well..err..I guess you know what I mean.

Regards,
Alex
Mar 20 2006
prev sibling next sibling parent Tom <ihate spam.com> writes:
Jarrett Billingsley escribió:

 "Tom" <Tom_member pathlink.com> wrote in message 
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 (??? :D)


 
 That's it!
 
 :D
 
 There it is.  It's a logo and a mascot all in one! 


It's a nice idea.

Tom;
Mar 20 2006
prev sibling parent reply "Lionello Lunesu" <lio remove.lunesu.com> writes:
I like :D too, and it fits with the fact that many post on this group 
contain "<g>", so we should use :D instead of <g> from now on; a possible 
slogan could be

": D, it just makes you grin"

"Jarrett Billingsley" <kb3ctd2 yahoo.com> wrote in message 
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 "Tom" <Tom_member pathlink.com> wrote in message 
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 (??? :D)


 That's it!

 :D

 There it is.  It's a logo and a mascot all in one!
Mar 23 2006
parent Kyle Furlong <kylefurlong gmail.com> writes:
Lionello Lunesu wrote:

 I like :D too, and it fits with the fact that many post on this group 
 contain "<g>", so we should use :D instead of <g> from now on; a possible 
 slogan could be
 
 ": D, it just makes you grin"
 
 "Jarrett Billingsley" <kb3ctd2 yahoo.com> wrote in message 
 news:dvn8mo$10ke$1 digitaldaemon.com...

 "Tom" <Tom_member pathlink.com> wrote in message 
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 (??? :D)


 That's it!

 :D

 There it is.  It's a logo and a mascot all in one!


 
 


I agree, thats why I've started writing :D instead of D. I think we all should!
:D
Mar 23 2006
prev sibling next sibling parent Lucas Goss <lgoss007 gmail.com> writes:
Kyle Furlong wrote:

 Does anyone else think that D-man needs to retire? I think some cute 
 animal or other recognizable mascot would suit better.


Yeah... D-man kind of reminds me of clippy (which isn't a good thing) :)
Mar 20 2006
prev sibling parent reply Wang Zhen <nehzgnaw gmail.com> writes:
Kyle Furlong wrote:

 Does anyone else think that D-man needs to retire? I think some cute 
 animal or other recognizable mascot would suit better.


I once made a D-dog for D last year (http://shfls.org/w/d/ddog.png). 
Walter replied with exactly the same question -- "What's wrong with D-man?"

Come to think about it, why do we need a mascot for a programming 
language in the first place? When did the lack of a mascot hinder the 
growth of C or C++?
Mar 21 2006
next sibling parent pragma <pragma_member pathlink.com> writes:
In article <dvpbnj$nvj$1 digitaldaemon.com>, Wang Zhen says...

Kyle Furlong wrote:

 Does anyone else think that D-man needs to retire? I think some cute 
 animal or other recognizable mascot would suit better.


I once made a D-dog for D last year (http://shfls.org/w/d/ddog.png). 
Walter replied with exactly the same question -- "What's wrong with D-man?"

Come to think about it, why do we need a mascot for a programming 
language in the first place? When did the lack of a mascot hinder the 
growth of C or C++?


Agreed.  If anything, I think D could use a logo other than "D-man" to help its
marketability - kind of like Sun did with Java.  But I don't think its essential
to the appeal of the language.

- EricAnderton at yahoo
Mar 21 2006
prev sibling next sibling parent "Walter Bright" <newshound digitalmars.com> writes:
"Wang Zhen" <nehzgnaw gmail.com> wrote in message 
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 Come to think about it, why do we need a mascot for a programming language 
 in the first place?


Just for fun, so the spec pages aren't totally dry.


 When did the lack of a mascot hinder the growth of C or C++?
Mar 21 2006
prev sibling next sibling parent reply =?iso-8859-1?q?Knud_S=F8rensen?= <12tkvvb02 sneakemail.com> writes:
I think we should have a D-Dolphin ;-)

On Wed, 22 Mar 2006 01:04:42 +0800, Wang Zhen wrote:


 Kyle Furlong wrote:

 Does anyone else think that D-man needs to retire? I think some cute 
 animal or other recognizable mascot would suit better.


 
 I once made a D-dog for D last year (http://shfls.org/w/d/ddog.png). 
 Walter replied with exactly the same question -- "What's wrong with D-man?"
 
 Come to think about it, why do we need a mascot for a programming 
 language in the first place? When did the lack of a mascot hinder the 
 growth of C or C++?
Mar 21 2006
next sibling parent pragma <pragma_member pathlink.com> writes:
In article <pan.2006.03.21.21.54.02.713550 sneakemail.com>,
=?iso-8859-1?q?Knud_S=F8rensen?= says...

I think we should have a D-Dolphin ;-)


Too late.  MySQL beat us to that:

http://www.mysql.com/news-and-events/news/article_77.html


- EricAnderton at yahoo
Mar 21 2006
prev sibling parent reply kris <foo bar.com> writes:
Knud Sørensen wrote:

 I think we should have a D-Dolphin ;-)
 
 On Wed, 22 Mar 2006 01:04:42 +0800, Wang Zhen wrote:
 
 

Kyle Furlong wrote:


Does anyone else think that D-man needs to retire? I think some cute 
animal or other recognizable mascot would suit better.


I once made a D-dog for D last year (http://shfls.org/w/d/ddog.png). 
Walter replied with exactly the same question -- "What's wrong with D-man?"

Come to think about it, why do we need a mascot for a programming 
language in the first place? When did the lack of a mascot hinder the 
growth of C or C++?




I don't know if others share this observation, but does it seem like the 
whole "mascot" thing is particularly American? Seems quite prevalent in 
sports and so on. You'd rarely see such a thing in Europe, for example. 
And perhaps it's just me who finds it vaguely amusing to imagine some 
sort of giant wobbly Chicken|Goofy|BigBird thing prancing about on 
behalf of Australian or Kiwi Rugby teams?

There's definately a "team" element associated with mascots, which I 
suppose is reflected in the corporate arena by a marketing logo? Seems 
like it all comes down to branding? If so, then the D-dude is perhaps a 
bit "back of the napkin" type of thing, from a branding perspective? I 
hate to say it, but D-dude doesn't add anything at all in terms of 
"professionalism" ~ to D as a product. Perhaps the contrary, actually. 
For me, D-dude has always had a waft of, umm, shallow hubris? But then I 
just ignore brandings anyway.

I guess it comes down to which audience the /Branding/ for D is intended 
to help seduce
Mar 21 2006
next sibling parent reply =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Anders_F_Bj=F6rklund?= <afb algonet.se> writes:
kris wrote:


 I hate to say it, but D-dude doesn't add anything at all in terms of 
 "professionalism" ~ to D as a product. Perhaps the contrary, actually. 
 For me, D-dude has always had a waft of, umm, shallow hubris? But then I 
 just ignore brandings anyway.


I always liked the parts where he's "in action"
Like http://www.digitalmars.com/gift/index.html

D-Man has the "I'm too busy coding to look good"
Wonder if the cutesy dog can do any hacking ? :-)

--anders
Mar 21 2006
next sibling parent reply "Walter Bright" <newshound digitalmars.com> writes:
"Anders F Björklund" <afb algonet.se> wrote in message 
news:dvq1j3$1isd$1 digitaldaemon.com...

 I always liked the parts where he's "in action"
 Like http://www.digitalmars.com/gift/index.html


The "some assembly required" cartoon was my favorite.


 D-Man has the "I'm too busy coding to look good"
 Wonder if the cutesy dog can do any hacking ? :-)


Cutesy dog?
Mar 21 2006
parent =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Anders_F_Bj=F6rklund?= <afb algonet.se> writes:
Wang Zhen wrote:


 I once made a D-dog for D last year (http://shfls.org/w/d/ddog.png). 
 Walter replied with exactly the same question -- "What's wrong with D-man?"


Walter Bright wrote:


D-Man has the "I'm too busy coding to look good"
Wonder if the cutesy dog can do any hacking ? :-)


 
 Cutesy dog? 


That would be the D-dog from Wang Zhen ?

--anders
Mar 21 2006
prev sibling next sibling parent kris <foo bar.com> writes:
Anders F Björklund wrote:

 kris wrote:
 

 I hate to say it, but D-dude doesn't add anything at all in terms of 
 "professionalism" ~ to D as a product. Perhaps the contrary, actually. 
 For me, D-dude has always had a waft of, umm, shallow hubris? But then 
 I just ignore brandings anyway.


 
 
 I always liked the parts where he's "in action"
 Like http://www.digitalmars.com/gift/index.html


Hadn't seen the Coffee-Mug D-Dude in action ~ branding and merchandising 
in one easy step :-)



 D-Man has the "I'm too busy coding to look good"
 Wonder if the cutesy dog can do any hacking ? :-)


Aye. Wonder if BigBird can pop his/her stack?
Mar 21 2006
prev sibling parent reply kris <foo bar.com> writes:
Anders F Björklund wrote:

 kris wrote:
 

 I hate to say it, but D-dude doesn't add anything at all in terms of 
 "professionalism" ~ to D as a product. Perhaps the contrary, actually. 
 For me, D-dude has always had a waft of, umm, shallow hubris? But then 
 I just ignore brandings anyway.


 
 
 I always liked the parts where he's "in action"
 Like http://www.digitalmars.com/gift/index.html
 
 D-Man has the "I'm too busy coding to look good"
 Wonder if the cutesy dog can do any hacking ? :-)


Hey! Maybe D should stands for something instead of, uhhh, nothing?

Now, whoever heard of a language called "Dude"?  Woah ... that's way 
awesome! Like, totally bodacious, dude!

Seriously though, that does have rather a nice ring to it. And, from a 
marketing perspective, there's nothing quite like standing out from the 
crowd. Then, the D-dude would totally Rool!

In conversation, I'm gonna' start calling it "Dude" ~ just to see what 
external reactions are like <g>
Mar 21 2006
next sibling parent John Reimer <terminal.node gmail.com> writes:
kris wrote:


 In conversation, I'm gonna' start calling it "Dude" ~ just to see what 
 external reactions are like <g>



Kris, you trend-setter, you.

-JJR
Mar 21 2006
prev sibling parent reply =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Anders_F_Bj=F6rklund?= <afb algonet.se> writes:
kris wrote:

 Hey! Maybe D should stands for something instead of, uhhh, nothing?
 
 Now, whoever heard of a language called "Dude"?  Woah ... that's way 
 awesome! Like, totally bodacious, dude!
 
 Seriously though, that does have rather a nice ring to it. And, from a 
 marketing perspective, there's nothing quite like standing out from the 
 crowd. Then, the D-dude would totally Rool!
 
 In conversation, I'm gonna' start calling it "Dude" ~ just to see what 
 external reactions are like <g>


I can see it all clear now:
"Dude, you got a language!"

As in: http://tinyurl.com/o75bl

Nooooooo,
--anders
Mar 21 2006
parent reply David Medlock <noone nowhere.com> writes:
What language you using man?
Dude!
Sweet!
What language you using man?
...


lol.

-DavidM
Mar 22 2006
next sibling parent Tom S <h3r3tic remove.mat.uni.torun.pl> writes:
David Medlock wrote:

 
 What language you using man?
 Dude!
 Sweet!
 What language you using man?
 ...
 
 
 lol.
 
 -DavidM


LOL ! :D


Tomasz Stachowiak  /+ a.k.a. h3r3tic +/
Mar 22 2006
prev sibling parent kris <foo bar.com> writes:
David Medlock wrote:

 
 What language you using man?
 Dude!
 Sweet!
 What language you using man?
 ...
 
 
 lol.
 
 -DavidM


Rofl :-D
Mar 22 2006
prev sibling parent reply pragma <pragma_member pathlink.com> writes:
In article <44207264.2020209 bar.com>, kris says...

I don't know if others share this observation, but does it seem like the 
whole "mascot" thing is particularly American? Seems quite prevalent in 
sports and so on. You'd rarely see such a thing in Europe, for example. 


Now that I think about it, you're right.  I think it's a product of being in
such a hyper-capitalist society/culture; *everything* is a commodity.


And perhaps it's just me who finds it vaguely amusing to imagine some 
sort of giant wobbly Chicken|Goofy|BigBird thing prancing about on 
behalf of Australian or Kiwi Rugby teams?


And now I can't get the image of giant foam-rubber prawns and wallabys out of my
head.  That would be utterly surreal.

Lets get some solid examples of what's wrong here.  From my neck of the woods:

Hockey - Capitals: Slapshot the Eagle
Football - DC United: Talon the Eagle
Baseball - Nationals: Screech the Eagle
Basketball - Wizards: G-Wiz (don't ask)
US Football - Redskins: None

Yes, these are all as lame as they sound - I think that's kind of the point with
mascots, its more for the kids anyway.  Google for pictures if you must. :)

And I conclude by saying that the Redskins are the only ones around here that
have managed any kind of tasteful PR image, which has likely come about for a
combination of (sadly) PC reasons and being corraled by a very image conscious
league.  So they're very much the exception here.


There's definately a "team" element associated with mascots, which I 
suppose is reflected in the corporate arena by a marketing logo? Seems 
like it all comes down to branding? If so, then the D-dude is perhaps a 
bit "back of the napkin" type of thing, from a branding perspective? I 
hate to say it, but D-dude doesn't add anything at all in terms of 
"professionalism" ~ to D as a product. Perhaps the contrary, actually. 
For me, D-dude has always had a waft of, umm, shallow hubris? But then I 
just ignore brandings anyway.

I guess it comes down to which audience the /Branding/ for D is intended 
to help seduce


Well, judging by the frappr D group map, leaning towoards a more global appeal
(read: less US centric) would be a better move.  You mentioned Rugby - maybe D
should adopt a more football* or rugby club-banner type of branding instead?

"Learn D - Its like C only with fewer scrums."
"Use D - unlike C++ and FIFA approved equipment, it won't hurt your head."

(*Ya know, the kind you play with your feet?) 

- EricAnderton at yahoo
Mar 21 2006
parent reply "Jarrett Billingsley" <kb3ctd2 yahoo.com> writes:
"pragma" <pragma_member pathlink.com> wrote in message 
news:dvq6bi$1qsl$1 digitaldaemon.com...

 Well, judging by the frappr D group map, leaning towoards a more global 
 appeal
 (read: less US centric) would be a better move.  You mentioned Rugby - 
 maybe D
 should adopt a more football* or rugby club-banner type of branding 
 instead?

 "Learn D - Its like C only with fewer scrums."
 "Use D - unlike C++ and FIFA approved equipment, it won't hurt your head."


That'd just put off American programmers, then.  What is a scrum?

And then even Walter wouldn't know what his advertising slogan meant ;)

How about a non-sports-related slogan / logo?
Mar 21 2006
parent pragma <pragma_member pathlink.com> writes:
In article <dvq8qk$1tgq$1 digitaldaemon.com>, Jarrett Billingsley says...

"pragma" <pragma_member pathlink.com> wrote in message 
news:dvq6bi$1qsl$1 digitaldaemon.com...

 Well, judging by the frappr D group map, leaning towoards a more global 
 appeal
 (read: less US centric) would be a better move.  You mentioned Rugby - 
 maybe D
 should adopt a more football* or rugby club-banner type of branding 
 instead?

 "Learn D - Its like C only with fewer scrums."
 "Use D - unlike C++ and FIFA approved equipment, it won't hurt your head."


That'd just put off American programmers, then.  What is a scrum?


Eh, they're just tounge-in-cheek ideas just like the rest of the slogans I've
posted around here.  The way I see it: if something funny sticks, all the
better. ;)

Now "Scrum", in this particular case, is a pun:

- In rugby football, a scrum is a way to restart the game after an interruption,
e.g., after a minor foul.
- In management, scrum denotes a light-weight management process targeted at
software development.


And then even Walter wouldn't know what his advertising slogan meant ;)

How about a non-sports-related slogan / logo? 


Hey, sure!  Any ideas? 

- EricAnderton at yahoo
Mar 21 2006
prev sibling parent reply lanael <lanael_member pathlink.com> writes:
In article <dvpbnj$nvj$1 digitaldaemon.com>, Wang Zhen says...

Kyle Furlong wrote:

 Does anyone else think that D-man needs to retire? I think some cute 
 animal or other recognizable mascot would suit better.




http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/dictionaries/animals/data/content_d.html

a Duck ?  too stupid.
a Diplodocus ? too heavy.
a Dingo ? too australian.
a Dobermann ? too agressive.
a Donkey ? already used.
a Dolphin ? already used.

pff..
Mar 24 2006
next sibling parent reply Deewiant <deewiant.doesnotlike.spam gmail.com> writes:
lanael wrote:

 In article <dvpbnj$nvj$1 digitaldaemon.com>, Wang Zhen says...

 Kyle Furlong wrote:

 Does anyone else think that D-man needs to retire? I think some cute 
 animal or other recognizable mascot would suit better.




 
 http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/dictionaries/animals/data/content_d.html
 
 a Duck ?  too stupid.
 a Diplodocus ? too heavy.
 a Dingo ? too australian.
 a Dobermann ? too agressive.
 a Donkey ? already used.
 a Dolphin ? already used.
 
 pff.. 
 
 


How about a Dragon? Power, at least, comes across... might be "too aggressive",
though. And the fantasy realm might not sit well with some people...
Mar 24 2006
parent Dave <Dave_member pathlink.com> writes:
In article <e012pm$1vuc$1 digitaldaemon.com>, Deewiant says...

lanael wrote:

 In article <dvpbnj$nvj$1 digitaldaemon.com>, Wang Zhen says...

 Kyle Furlong wrote:

 Does anyone else think that D-man needs to retire? I think some cute 
 animal or other recognizable mascot would suit better.




 
 http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/dictionaries/animals/data/content_d.html
 
 a Duck ?  too stupid.
 a Diplodocus ? too heavy.
 a Dingo ? too australian.
 a Dobermann ? too agressive.
 a Donkey ? already used.
 a Dolphin ? already used.
 
 pff.. 
 
 


How about a Dragon? Power, at least, comes across... might be "too aggressive",
though. And the fantasy realm might not sit well with some people...


That's kind-of a natural in the CS community for a language developed by a
compiler developer too ('The Dragon Book') ;)
Mar 24 2006
prev sibling parent reply Thomas Kuehne <thomas-dloop kuehne.cn> writes:
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lanael schrieb am 2006-03-24:

 In article <dvpbnj$nvj$1 digitaldaemon.com>, Wang Zhen says...

Kyle Furlong wrote:

 Does anyone else think that D-man needs to retire? I think some cute 
 animal or other recognizable mascot would suit better.




 http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/dictionaries/animals/data/content_d.html

 a Duck ?  too stupid.
 a Diplodocus ? too heavy.
 a Dingo ? too australian.
 a Dobermann ? too agressive.
 a Donkey ? already used.
 a Dolphin ? already used.

 pff.. 


a Dachshund ? - won't fly with the Americans
a Dahlia ? - a plant, an unusall choice
a Daisy ? - too negative
a Dalmatian ?
a Dandelion ? - might be too weak
a Dashou ? - D-man on the rocks :D
a Deamon ? - religious problems
a Deer ? - Bambi? no thanks
a Deliquent ? - too negative, design is culture dependend
a Dervish ? - religious problems
a Devil ? - religious problems
a Dissident ? - what kind of design?
a Divvy ? - what kind of marketing is that?
a Dodo ? - is stupid D dead?
a Dogfish ?
a Dogwood ? 
a Doll ? - too toylike
a Dolmen ?
a Dominatrix ? - (no comments)
a Donjon ? - too static
a Doo-Doo ? - is D so bad?
a Dormouse ?
a Dracula ? - TM
a Drag Queen ? - too detailed
a Dragon ? - interpretation and design is culture dependend
a Driver ? - too mechanical
a Drone ? - too negative
a Drum ? - too noisy
a Duckweed ?
a Durex ? - no memory leaks, please
a Dwarft ? 

Does da dishy D dascot dealy dave do degin dith D!?

Don Quixote


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Mar 24 2006
parent reply "lanael" <no mail.never> writes:
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 a Dolmen ?


Hmm... I don't know why, but I like it :)

(...)

 Does da dishy D dascot dealy dave do degin dith D!?


err... no.

Anyway, I'm writing a game with a D as the controlable character.( 
Currently, it's a red D sprite ). I was thinking to call him Dee ( or 
Dude ).
If another mascot is chosen, I'll have to change the name and the 
sprite of this game. So I'm pretty interested in a change of the D 
mascot (if any) !
Mar 24 2006
parent reply "Walter Bright" <newshound digitalmars.com> writes:
"lanael" <no mail.never> wrote in message 
news:mn.c4837d63f136c6bb.35838 mail.never...

 Anyway, I'm writing a game with a D as the controlable character.( 
 Currently, it's a red D sprite ). I was thinking to call him Dee ( or 
 Dude ).
 If another mascot is chosen, I'll have to change the name and the sprite 
 of this game. So I'm pretty interested in a change of the D mascot (if 
 any) !


Maybe we should just rename D-man to "Dude".
Mar 24 2006
parent "lanael" <no mail.never> writes:
 Maybe we should just rename D-man to "Dude".


Yep, Dude is fine for me. And it looks like I'm not the only one.

Though I'm no 3D artist, I've just had fun making a 3D Dude, so if you 
have a vrml plugin, here it is :
http://lanael.free.fr/dude.wrl

(enjoy, even if this is a quick and dirty 3D model by an average 
programmer ! :)  )
Mar 24 2006