I would see perhaps a reason to change dates if we were dealing with a finished product people can just grab and use. Press et al at Cebit will be equally un/interested for 'a sneak preview right after the official release, on time as usual'
Changing our schedule because of an event might set wrong message and higher expectations. On 10/3/07, Vincent Untz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Le mercredi 03 octobre 2007, à 09:47 +0200, Dave Neary a écrit : > > > > Hi, > > > > Andre Klapper wrote: > > > i'd also like to see a decision on this so we can finalize the schedule. > > > should this also be brought up at the gnome-de mailing list for a wider > > > feedback by the german team? > > > > To get a decision on moving the release date, you'd need to be talking > > to the release team, not the marketing team. > > Heh. We're having this thread because the release team is asking what > the marketing team thinks about this ;-) > > > My personal opinion: changing the release date for one particular > > conference doesn't make sense. There are conferences all year round. Why > > not have a release in the end of January so that we can announce at > > Solutions Linux in Paris? So I don't think this is a compelling reason. > > It's only a one week change in the schedule for one really really big > conference. That's why the change has been proposed. > (I'm not saying "we should do it", just explaining why it is being > considered) > > Vincent > > -- > Les gens heureux ne sont pas pressés. > -- > marketing-list mailing list > marketing-list@gnome.org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list > -- Quim Gil /// http://flors.wordpress.com -- marketing-list mailing list marketing-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list