On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 6:48 AM, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions < webmas...@krackedpress.com> wrote:
> > The LibreOffice download page has the following statement: > <quote> > Safely for production need by most users - LibreOffice 3.4.2, available at > the end of July, will target enterprise deployments. > <unquote> > > ... > So the question really is, once 3.4.2 comes out, should I/we start > promoting it to businesses or continue promoting the 3.3.x line? Thanks for bringing this up, Tim. The best explanation, for us and the larger community is the 3.4.1 blog announcement<http://blog.documentfoundation.org/2011/07/01/libreoffice-3-4-1-provides-stable-new-features-for-every-user/>by Italo. Large enterprises deploying LibreOffice on desktop PCs, are still > recommended to deploy LibreOffice 3.3.3, which has been tested over several > months by thousands of people worldwide, and are encouraged to call on > professional support services. LibreOffice 3.4.2, available at the end of > July, will target enterprise deployments. > I think, though, that we need to refine messages such as these further; specifically for simplicity and clarity. The reason I believe this is necessary is that enough writers are picking up on the wrong message that we should double-check how we are messaging. Some sample headlines: LibreOffice 3.4 nears enterprise-ready state<http://www.thinq.co.uk/2011/7/1/libreoffice-34-nears-enterprise-ready-state/> LibreOffice 3.4.1 fixes bugs, still not ready for eterprises<http://www.betanews.com/article/LibreOffice-341-fixes-bugs-still-not-ready-for-enterprises/1309528388> LibreOffice 3.4.1 released, not for enterprises yet<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/LibreOffice-3-4-1-released-not-for-enterprises-yet-1271466.html> In re-reading the announcement, yet again, it appears to me to be actually three announcements: - TDF is now using a "time-based" release schedule for LibO - LibO will now have two versions released at all times: early adopter and institutional - Early adopter version 3.4.1 is now available This might explain some of the muddled interpretations that we are seeing. The first announcement is, arguably the biggest. If I am responsible for any institution of any size, it is inarguable: TDF is now moving to the same release model as Ubuntu: Frequent calendar-driven versions, interspersed with regular LTS releases. This is a big message and it really should stand on its own. (And for any of us who've been following the Mozilla Foundation's development cycle announcements, this should be a wake-up call.) What's missing, then, in this first announcement is the calendaring for future releases. The second announcement is dependent on the first but, still, should stand on its own: One track for the "fast & furious" and one track for the CIO. There's a lot of feature-benefit which can be fleshed out here. The third & last announcement is the type which should reinforce the previous two: "Here's the 'cutting edge.' Here's the brief feature-benefit. As you can see, this release reinforces our dual-release strategy and hints at soon-to-come institutional functionality." If I've misread things, apologies. Regards, -Craig -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to marketing+h...@global.libreoffice.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/marketing/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
