Re: [Fwd: GUADEC7 press release draft]
David Neary wrote: Hi, Claus Schwarm wrote: I don't think this is a very professional solution. If June changes for reasons we can't influence, we'd need to correct it in another press release. Otherwise we'd risk much confusion. No need to say how unfortunate this would be. I disagree. We should announce this as soon as possible. The news is already out there. As I said in another mail (which appears to have been way-laid) the dates are incidental to the news. The news is GUADEC going to Barcelona. The rest is detail that can be refined later. Indeed, it will help more people to plan in advance that they have to attend GUADEC '06 in Barcelona (sometime next June). If the board or the orga team really like to get this out, we should mention no date, and write something like "Time and date will be announced later." I don't understand your caution. There is no harm in announcing "early June", which is a confirmed period. +1 for Luis's reccommendation to release ASAP. +1 from me as well. Simos -- marketing-list mailing list marketing-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list
Re: [Fwd: GUADEC7 press release draft]
Hi, Claus Schwarm wrote: I don't think this is a very professional solution. If June changes for reasons we can't influence, we'd need to correct it in another press release. Otherwise we'd risk much confusion. No need to say how unfortunate this would be. I disagree. We should announce this as soon as possible. The news is already out there. As I said in another mail (which appears to have been way-laid) the dates are incidental to the news. The news is GUADEC going to Barcelona. The rest is detail that can be refined later. If the board or the orga team really like to get this out, we should mention no date, and write something like "Time and date will be announced later." I don't understand your caution. There is no harm in announcing "early June", which is a confirmed period. +1 for Luis's reccommendation to release ASAP. Cheers, Dave. -- Dave Neary [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lyon, France -- marketing-list mailing list marketing-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list
Re: [Fwd: GUADEC7 press release draft]
On Fri, 24 Jun 2005 12:20:52 -0400 Luis Villa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So I vote announce 'June 2006' ASAP, and figure out exact dates soon > but without blocking other things. > > Luis > I don't think this is a very professional solution. If June changes for reasons we can't influence, we'd need to correct it in another press release. Otherwise we'd risk much confusion. No need to say how unfortunate this would be. If the board or the orga team really like to get this out, we should mention no date, and write something like "Time and date will be announced later." This is the thruth and not some guess work that may bite us in the back later. The next press release then announces when, and how long GUADEC will be, and maybe what sessions are planned. However, I don't see any need to publish right now. The value of the press release is date and place of the conference; the rest is just background information, anyway. By using 'TBA', we'd loose value, and thus impact. If there are still open questions, we can wait until they are solved; even if it takes the next three months or so. We don't miss any particular chance by not publishing, AFAICS. Cheers, Claus -- marketing-list mailing list marketing-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list
Re: KDE + Wikipedia
Simos Xenitellis wrote: Sriram Ramkrishna wrote: The abiword guys would be interested as well since they have a wikipedia plug in. Strange they wanted a "KDE API" as opposed to "Linux Desktop API" integration. Maybe it's the same thing if the library is used by everyone and doesn't involve qt. Better have a look at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/KDE_and_Wikipedia What it says is that Wikipedia will support on their side SOAP/WSDL as the standard to provide their web service (as opposed to XML RPC which they are not going to use), and KDE, on their part, will create an API so that KDE applications can use instead of having to interface directly with SOAP/WSDL to Wikipedia. This does not block GNOME at all to create a similar API so that GTK+ applications can use to access Wikipedia content. Is there a SOAP/WSDL library for GNOME? Perhaps libsoup? http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-announce-list/2001-May/msg00045.html Rather, http://gsoap2.sourceforge.net/ Looks really cool, and it's gSOAP, not kSOAP :) Simos On Fri, Jun 24, 2005 at 09:26:19AM +1000, Jeff Waugh wrote: ... http://dot.kde.org/1119552379/ - Jeff -- GNOME Summit 2005: October 8th-10th http://live.gnome.org/Boston2005 "It's a whole bunch of otherwise smart people just wandering around aimlessly in a mental vacuum with absolutely zero vision." - Craige McWhirter -- marketing-list mailing list marketing-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list -- marketing-list mailing list marketing-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list
Re: KDE + Wikipedia
Sriram Ramkrishna wrote: The abiword guys would be interested as well since they have a wikipedia plug in. Strange they wanted a "KDE API" as opposed to "Linux Desktop API" integration. Maybe it's the same thing if the library is used by everyone and doesn't involve qt. Better have a look at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/KDE_and_Wikipedia What it says is that Wikipedia will support on their side SOAP/WSDL as the standard to provide their web service (as opposed to XML RPC which they are not going to use), and KDE, on their part, will create an API so that KDE applications can use instead of having to interface directly with SOAP/WSDL to Wikipedia. This does not block GNOME at all to create a similar API so that GTK+ applications can use to access Wikipedia content. Is there a SOAP/WSDL library for GNOME? Perhaps libsoup? http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-announce-list/2001-May/msg00045.html Simos On Fri, Jun 24, 2005 at 09:26:19AM +1000, Jeff Waugh wrote: ... http://dot.kde.org/1119552379/ - Jeff -- GNOME Summit 2005: October 8th-10th http://live.gnome.org/Boston2005 "It's a whole bunch of otherwise smart people just wandering around aimlessly in a mental vacuum with absolutely zero vision." - Craige McWhirter -- marketing-list mailing list marketing-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list -- marketing-list mailing list marketing-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list
Re: [Fwd: GUADEC7 press release draft]
On 6/24/05, Murray Cumming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've just got a meeting with Tim and John from the board and everything > > goes ahead. But it is not clear yet the dates of the GUADEC itself > > (within the range of 7 days available), and the board needs to decide on > > this. > > > > Question: should we wait until the dates are 100% confirmed or could we > > simply say that the GUADEC will be held at the beginning of June 2006 > > and translate&publish the press release now? > > We should wait. It is very difficult for translators to cope with any > changes. I don't think anyone is suggesting we change it; I think the suggestion is 'say something vague now and get it out', and announce specific dates later. This seems reasonable to me- there is still much discussion to be had about how long GUADEC should be, and I'd hate to pin us down now on that issue, and I'd hate to delay this announcement any longer. So I vote announce 'June 2006' ASAP, and figure out exact dates soon but without blocking other things. Luis -- marketing-list mailing list marketing-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list
Re: KDE + Wikipedia
The abiword guys would be interested as well since they have a wikipedia plug in. Strange they wanted a "KDE API" as opposed to "Linux Desktop API" integration. Maybe it's the same thing if the library is used by everyone and doesn't involve qt. sri On Fri, Jun 24, 2005 at 09:26:19AM +1000, Jeff Waugh wrote: > ... > > http://dot.kde.org/1119552379/ > > - Jeff > > -- > GNOME Summit 2005: October 8th-10th http://live.gnome.org/Boston2005 > > "It's a whole bunch of otherwise smart people just wandering around > aimlessly in a mental vacuum with absolutely zero vision." - Craige > McWhirter > -- > marketing-list mailing list > marketing-list@gnome.org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list -- -- marketing-list mailing list marketing-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list
Re: [Fwd: GUADEC7 press release draft]
On Fri, 24 Jun 2005 17:28:15 +0200 Quim Gil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've just got a meeting with Tim and John from the board and everything > goes ahead. But it is not clear yet the dates of the GUADEC itself > (within the range of 7 days available), and the board needs to decide on > this. > > Question: should we wait until the dates are 100% confirmed or could we > simply say that the GUADEC will be held at the beginning of June 2006 > and translate&publish the press release now? > > Quim > I'd wait until the dates are 100% confirmed, and the ink is dry. Cheers, Claus -- marketing-list mailing list marketing-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list
Re: [Fwd: GUADEC7 press release draft]
> I've just got a meeting with Tim and John from the board and everything > goes ahead. But it is not clear yet the dates of the GUADEC itself > (within the range of 7 days available), and the board needs to decide on > this. > > Question: should we wait until the dates are 100% confirmed or could we > simply say that the GUADEC will be held at the beginning of June 2006 > and translate&publish the press release now? We should wait. It is very difficult for translators to cope with any changes. Thanks. Murray Cumming [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.murrayc.com www.openismus.com -- marketing-list mailing list marketing-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list
Re: [Fwd: GUADEC7 press release draft]
I've just got a meeting with Tim and John from the board and everything goes ahead. But it is not clear yet the dates of the GUADEC itself (within the range of 7 days available), and the board needs to decide on this. Question: should we wait until the dates are 100% confirmed or could we simply say that the GUADEC will be held at the beginning of June 2006 and translate&publish the press release now? Quim -- marketing-list mailing list marketing-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list
