On Fri, 2008-12-19 at 11:48 -0500, Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier wrote:
I like the way you're thinking... ;-)
Let me just say, first, that let's *never* plan a release a week before Christmas again, Mmmkay?
(Though we haven't failed to get the word out: http://zonker.opensuse.org/2008/12/19/opensuse-111-coverage/)
For future releases, if we can just rule out anything between the week before Thanksgiving and, say, January 10th or so, that'd be spiffy.
Absolutely. From a logistical perspective, this release has made the boxed edition shipments to North America slip until after the beginning of 2009. Already I've seen some disappointed users who purchased boxed editions as Christmas gifts become angry at the fact they won't be arriving on time. Although that's another problem (in another thread), if we're still going to have this issue with the boxed editions taking a few weeks to arrive in North America, that needs to be counted into the decision (read: no right-before-major-gift-giving-holiday releases!)
My thoughts, from just the marketing perspective:
July and August - we have major events (assuming the economic climate doesn't torpedo them...) during those months, and the opportunities for coverage are really good. We did a push for the openSUSE Build Service 1.0 in July, and did pretty well, all things considered.
Yes, a lot of people are away on vacation, but by the same token, they're good months because (usually) little else is going on.
Good point, although couldn't we get some coverage also if we show off a beta of the product at these shows? Do some demos of cool new stuff that we're certain to have in 11.2, even if it's not the final version? -- Kevin "Yeaux" Dupuy - openSUSE Member Public Mail: <kevin.dupuy@opensuse.org> Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays from the Yeaux! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help@opensuse.org