Re: [kde-ev-marketing] the "gamma" proposal - details that need working out

2007-07-23 Thread Wade Olson
On 7/14/07, Cornelius Schumacher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Wade, > > On Saturday 14 July 2007 23:12, Wade Olson wrote: > > > > I don't know if it's because I wasn't at aAkKademy or not, but I'll > > say it again: as someone who's done software for a long, long > > time...this discussion makes

Re: [kde-ev-marketing] the "gamma" proposal - details that need working out

2007-07-15 Thread Tom Albers
Op za 14 jul 2007 19:56 schreef u: > Anyway, the marketing stuff comes below: > > This whole debate can be solved if we move to using release names > rather than numbers. In that event we can totally pull the wool over > the eyes of the press. eg: Windows XP == NT 5.1, but still had a big > impact

Re: [kde-ev-marketing] the "gamma" proposal - details that need working out

2007-07-14 Thread jos poortvliet
Op Saturday 14 July 2007, schreef Troy Unrau: > On 10/07/07, Thiago Macieira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Aaron J. Seigo wrote: > > >the aim is to create a 4.0 release in october (or whenever it is > > >deemed "ready") without an official "to the rest of the world" > > > announcement. this allows

Re: [kde-ev-marketing] the "gamma" proposal - details that need working out

2007-07-14 Thread jos poortvliet
Op Saturday 14 July 2007, schreef Troy Unrau: > On 10/07/07, Thiago Macieira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Aaron J. Seigo wrote: > > >the aim is to create a 4.0 release in october (or whenever it is > > >deemed "ready") without an official "to the rest of the world" > > > announcement. this allows

Re: [kde-ev-marketing] the "gamma" proposal - details that need working out

2007-07-14 Thread Cornelius Schumacher
Hi Wade, On Saturday 14 July 2007 23:12, Wade Olson wrote: > > I don't know if it's because I wasn't at aAkKademy or not, but I'll > say it again: as someone who's done software for a long, long > time...this discussion makes my head hurt. Every email gets more > absurd. I'm more prone at this p

Re: [kde-ev-marketing] the "gamma" proposal - details that need working out

2007-07-14 Thread Wade Olson
On 7/14/07, jos poortvliet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Op Saturday 14 July 2007, schreef Troy Unrau: ... > > > I thought that was the plan all along. Why are we arguing about it then? > > > > > > Release Team gets code ready and tells Marketing Team: "here, release it > > > when you find the best

Re: [kde-ev-marketing] the "gamma" proposal - details that need working out

2007-07-14 Thread Troy Unrau
On 10/07/07, Thiago Macieira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Aaron J. Seigo wrote: > >the aim is to create a 4.0 release in october (or whenever it is > >deemed "ready") without an official "to the rest of the world" > > announcement. this allows us to push 4.0 out to the community -and- > > create a

Re: [kde-ev-marketing] the "gamma" proposal - details that need working out

2007-07-10 Thread Allen Winter
On Tuesday 10 July 2007 3:02:54 pm Thiago Macieira wrote: > Aaron J. Seigo wrote: > >the aim is to create a 4.0 release in october (or whenever it is > >deemed "ready") without an official "to the rest of the world" > > announcement. this allows us to push 4.0 out to the community -and- > > create

Re: [kde-ev-marketing] the "gamma" proposal - details that need working out

2007-07-10 Thread Thiago Macieira
Aaron J. Seigo wrote: >the aim is to create a 4.0 release in october (or whenever it is >deemed "ready") without an official "to the rest of the world" > announcement. this allows us to push 4.0 out to the community -and- > create a media event on a day we can count on (e.g. past the day of > sched

Re: [kde-ev-marketing] the "gamma" proposal - details that need working out

2007-07-09 Thread Aaron J. Seigo
On Sunday 08 July 2007, Thiago Macieira wrote: > Gamma and RC are the same thing. Or are we trying to invent a *delta* > release -- i.e., after the gamma/RC phase? the aim is to create a 4.0 release in october (or whenever it is deemed "ready") without an official "to the rest of the world" annou

Re: [kde-ev-marketing] the "gamma" proposal - details that need working out

2007-07-09 Thread Tom Albers
Op ma 9 jul 2007 00:12 schreef u: > On Sunday 08 July 2007 17:20, Tom Albers wrote: > > > > You might be right, but I still don't understand Cornelius' message. > > Sorry, I didn't notice that the original message I was replying to still was > in the release-team list moderation queue. It seems t

Re: [kde-ev-marketing] the "gamma" proposal - details that need working out

2007-07-09 Thread Wade Olson
On 7/9/07, Sebastian Kügler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Gamma" is a real release, but not targeted at new end users (so it really > *is* 4.0, and *not* a release candidate. That thing has to be very clear. > > Troy's proposal, however, is about making a marketing splash about something > that is

Re: [kde-ev-marketing] the "gamma" proposal - details that need working out

2007-07-08 Thread Cornelius Schumacher
On Sunday 08 July 2007 17:20, Tom Albers wrote: > > You might be right, but I still don't understand Cornelius' message. Sorry, I didn't notice that the original message I was replying to still was in the release-team list moderation queue. It seems to have come through meanwhile, so I hope my m

Re: [kde-ev-marketing] the "gamma" proposal - details that need working out

2007-07-08 Thread Thiago Macieira
Troy Unrau wrote: >The proposal is to add another layer to the release stack called 'gamma' > or similar.  The release cycle up until Oct 23rd would remain > unchanged, except perhaps the RC sections might need to be renamed as > gamma candidate, for instance. The way I see it, calling it "gamma"

Re: [kde-ev-marketing] the "gamma" proposal - details that need working out

2007-07-08 Thread Wade Olson
On 7/8/07, Allen Winter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As some of us are not subscribed to kde-ev-marketing, could we please > have a little more background? Like what is the gamma proposal > and what is "Mountainview"?? Mountain View California is the city where Google has its headquarters. It's

Re: [kde-ev-marketing] the "gamma" proposal - details that need working out

2007-07-08 Thread Tom Albers
Op zo 8 jul 2007 17:15 schreef u: > Allen Winter pravi: > > As some of us are not subscribed to kde-ev-marketing, could we please > > have a little more background? Like what is the gamma proposal > > and what is "Mountainview"?? > > I think that the gamma is about calling version 4.0 release a g

Re: [kde-ev-marketing] the "gamma" proposal - details that need working out

2007-07-08 Thread Jure Repinc
Allen Winter pravi: > As some of us are not subscribed to kde-ev-marketing, could we please > have a little more background? Like what is the gamma proposal > and what is "Mountainview"?? I think that the gamma is about calling version 4.0 release a gamma release and that Mountain View is related

Re: [kde-ev-marketing] the "gamma" proposal - details that need working out

2007-07-08 Thread Allen Winter
As some of us are not subscribed to kde-ev-marketing, could we please have a little more background? Like what is the gamma proposal and what is "Mountainview"?? On Saturday 07 July 2007 9:33:56 pm Cornelius Schumacher wrote: > On Friday 06 July 2007 18:55, Troy Unrau wrote: > > > > The proposal

Re: [kde-ev-marketing] the "gamma" proposal - details that need working out

2007-07-07 Thread Cornelius Schumacher
On Friday 06 July 2007 18:55, Troy Unrau wrote: > > The proposal is to add another layer to the release stack called 'gamma' or > similar. The release cycle up until Oct 23rd would remain unchanged, > except perhaps the RC sections might need to be renamed as gamma candidate, > for instance. Afte