Sally, I love this: you have totally lost me. How about sending a revised version of the text with what you think fits our (apache) purpose best? Maybe with comments as prequell to make sure obscure changes aren't missed. We'll get to a final in no time;)
On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 11:38 AM, Sally Khudairi <[email protected]> wrote: > Of course, another option is how I have it in the ASF's boilerplate: > >> ... or follow @TheASF on Twitter... > > It's a matter of preference (some folks don't like to mention a product name). > > Whatever we do, I'd like to keep consistent for all announcements for the > project. > > In the CloudStack boilerplate, I am also dinosaured: > >> visit http://cloudstack.apache.org/ and https://twitter.com/CloudStack > > However the CloudStack marketing and press teams prefer it is fine with me :-) > > -Sally > > > ________________________________ > From: Sally Khudairi <[email protected]> > To: Daan Hoogland <[email protected]> > Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; > Jenkins Cloudstack.org <[email protected]>; Pierre-Luc Dion > <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, 21 October 2014, 5:28 > Subject: Re: 4.4.1 > > > > No, I don't think so. It was more of an issue of continuity with the media > (all links being consistent). > > As for "dinosaur", I guess I am one, having been in the Web since '93 ... old > habits die hard <g> > > Perhaps the "birds" would like to chime in on this one? > > -Sally > > + bcc press@ team(s) > > > ________________________________ > From: Daan Hoogland <[email protected]> > To: Sally Khudairi <[email protected]> > Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; > Jenkins Cloudstack.org <[email protected]>; Sally Khudairi <[email protected]>; > Pierre-Luc Dion <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, 21 October 2014, 5:17 > Subject: Re: 4.4.1 > > > sound like reason. Is the http the only way to reach twitter (asked > the dinosaur), no tweet://CCCEU14? > > > > > On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 11:15 AM, Sally Khudairi > <[email protected]> wrote: >> One more thing: I think the "@CCCEU14" bit in "Get Involved" should be >> https://twitter.com/CloudStackConf --thoughts? >> >> Thanks, >> Sally >> >> >> > ________________________________ >> From: Sally Khudairi <[email protected]> >> To: Jenkins Cloudstack.org <[email protected]> >> Cc: Pierre-Luc Dion <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" >> <[email protected]>; Daan Hoogland <[email protected]> >> Sent: Tuesday, 21 October 2014, 5:05 >> Subject: Re: 4.4.1 >> >> Also, Hugo --we need your quote :-) >> >> -Sally >> >> ________________________________ >> From: Sally Khudairi <[email protected]> >> To: Daan Hoogland <[email protected]> >> Cc: Pierre-Luc Dion <[email protected]>; Jenkins Cloudstack.org >> <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" >> <[email protected]> >> Sent: Tuesday, 21 October 2014, 5:02 >> Subject: Re: 4.4.1 >> >> Thank you, Daan. >> >> I also recall that Pierre-Luc mentioned that >> >>> -Virtual Private Cloud tiers can now span guest networks and availability >>> zones >> >> should be >> >> "-Virtual Private Cloud tiers can now span guest networks across >> availability zones" >> >> >> > and that the URL for the release notes should be >> http://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/projects/cloudstack-release-notes/en/4.4.1/ >> >> >> I'll incorporate the changes into the final draft. I'm hoping that we can >> announce tomorrow morning at 6AM ET. >> >> If you can please let me know when the dev@ list has been notified, that >> would be great! >> >> Many kind thanks, >> Sally >> >> >> >> >> >> ________________________________ >> From: Daan Hoogland <[email protected]> >> To: Sally Khudairi <[email protected]> >> Cc: Pierre-Luc Dion <[email protected]>; Jenkins Cloudstack.org >> <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" >> <[email protected]> >> Sent: Tuesday, 21 October 2014, 4:52 >> Subject: > Re: 4.4.1 >> >> Sally, I was about to send an announce mail when I read that the >> contents of the mail should have been discussed on marketing@ first. >> >> So here it is, @marketing: >> >> = = = >> >> [APACHE CLOUDSTACK LOGO] >> >> Announcing Apache™ CloudStack™ v4.4.1 >> >> Mature, easy-to-deploy Open Source Cloud computing software platform >> boasts improved efficiency and >> performance. >> >> [DATELINE] —NN MONTH 2014— The Apache CloudStack project today >> announced the immediate availability of Apache CloudStack v4.4.1, the >> latest version of the turnkey Open Source cloud computing software >> platform used for creating private-, public-, and hybrid cloud >> environments. >> >> Apache CloudStack clouds enable billions of dollars' worth of business >> transactions annually across their clouds, and its maturity and >> stability has led it to has become the Open Source platform for many >> service providers to set up on-demand, elastic public cloud computing >> services, as well as enterprises and others to set up a private or >> hybrid cloud for use by their own employees. >> >> [@@ "QUOTE," said Hugo Trippaers, Vice President of Apache CloudStack. >> "MORE FROM HUGO."] >> >> Lauded by Gartner Group, CloudStack includes an intuitive user >> interface and rich APIs for managing > the compute, networking, >> software, and storage infrastructure resources. >> >> CloudStack v4.4.1 reflects dozens of new features and improvements, >> including: >> -Improved Storage Management >> -Virtual Private Cloud tiers can now span guest networks and availability >> zones >> -Support for VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler >> -Improved Support for Hyper-V Zones, VPC and Storage Migration >> >> A complete overview of all new enhancements can be found in the >> project release notes at >> http://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/projects/cloudstack-release-notes/en/latest/about.html >> >> CloudStack has been used by thousands of organizations worldwide and >> is in use/production at Alcatel-Lucent, Autodesk, BT Cloud, China >> Telecom, DATACAENTER Services, DataPipe, Edmunds.com, Exoscale, >> GreenQloud, Hokkaido University, IDC Frontier, Ikoula, KDDI, KT/Korea >> Telecom, LeaseWeb, NTT, Orange, PCextreme, Schuberg Philis, Shopzilla, >> Slovak Telekom, SunGard AS, Taiwan Mobile, Tata, Trader Media Group, >> TomTom, University of Melbourne, University of Sao Paolo, Verizon, >> WebMD and Zynga, among others. >> >> CloudStack originated at Cloud.com, which was acquired by Citrix in >> 2011. CloudStack was submitted to the Apache Incubator in April 2012 >> and graduated as an Apache Software Foundation > Top-level Project in >> March 2013. >> >> Availability >> CloudStack v4.4.1 is available immediately as a free download from >> >> http://cloudstack.apache.org/downloads.html. Apache CloudStack >> software is released under the Apache License v2.0. >> >> Governance and Oversight >> Apache CloudStack is overseen by a self-selected team of active >> contributors to the project. A Project Management Committee (PMC) >> guides the Project's day-to-day operations, including community >> development and product >> releases. >> >> Get Involved! >> Apache CloudStack welcomes > contribution and community participation >> through mailing lists as well as attending face-to-face MeetUps, >> developer trainings, and user events. Catch CloudStack in action at >> the CloudStack Collaboration Conference, the official user/developer >> conference of the Apache CloudStack community, 19-21 November 2014 in >> Budapest, Hungary @CCCEU14 >> http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/cloudstack-collaboration-conference-europe >> >> About Apache CloudStack >> Apache CloudStack is a mature, turnkey integrated >> Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) Open Source software platform that >> allows users to build feature-rich public > and private cloud >> environments. Hailed by Gartner Group as "a solid product", CloudStack >> includes an intuitive user interface and rich APIs for managing the >> compute, networking, software, and storage infrastructure resources. >> CloudStack entered the Apache Incubator in April 2012 and became an >> Apache Top-level Project in March 2013. For downloads, documentation, >> and ways to become involved with Apache CloudStack, visit >> http://cloudstack.apache.org/ and https://twitter.com/CloudStack >> >> # # # >> >> © The Apache Software Foundation. "Apache", "CloudStack", "Apache >> > CloudStack", the Apache CloudStack logo, and the Apache CloudStack >> Cloud Monkey logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of The >> Apache Software Foundation. All other brands and trademarks are the >> property of their respective owners. >> >> Contacts >> Apache CloudStack >> [FULL NAME] >> [telephone number with country code] >> [email protected] >> >> >> -- >> Daan >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > -- > Daan -- Daan
