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Subject: Re: Marketing of KOffice 2.0.0 again
From: Cyrille Berger <cberger () cberger ! net>
Date: 2009-04-23 7:46:39
Message-ID: 200904230946.39571.cberger () cberger ! net
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On Thursday 23 April 2009, Thomas Zander wrote:
> On Thursday 23. April 2009 01.17.40 Sven Langkamp wrote:
> > On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 4:57 PM, Inge Wallin <inge@lysator.liu.se> wrote:
> > > We in the marketing group thought that we would try to avoid the same
> > > for KOffice 2 and 2.0.0. One way to do it could be to change the
> > > release name
>
> Great initiative, thanks!
>
> > Very important point. I think changing the release name makes sense as a
> > lot of users will only see that and won't read any annoucement. One
> > thing that was critizied a lot was that KDE 4.0 was marked as a .0, which
> > is often associated as a stable release. Maybe it would be better to drop
> > that and just call it "KOffice 2 Plattform Release/Tech Preview". This
> > would lower the risk that it's shortened to just "2.0" in the press.
> > "Preview" might be a bit misleading for a final release, but on the other
> > side KDE 4.0 showed that you can't be careful enough about that.
>
> Changing the version number is probably not a great idea as it will confuse
> people that *did* grasp the release numbering that we (and others) have
> been using for years.
> So calling it the 2.0.0 release of the KOffice Platform works for me.
>
> maybe we should put a 'beta' text just below the logo on our website, just
> to hop onto that bandwagon ;)
Yes I agree, "KOffice Platform 2.0" sounds the best way to show that it is more
about platform than application, unfortunately, the platform isn't API/ABI
stable, which isn't shown in that naming.
And yes changing the numbering is now impossible, we are two years of releases
too late.
--
Cyrille Berger
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font-weight:400; font-style:normal;">On Thursday 23 April 2009, Thomas Zander \
wrote:<br> > On Thursday 23. April 2009 01.17.40 Sven Langkamp wrote:<br>
> > On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 4:57 PM, Inge Wallin <inge@lysator.liu.se> \
wrote:<br> > > > We in the marketing group thought that we would try to \
avoid the same<br> > > > for KOffice 2 and 2.0.0. One way to do it could be \
to change the<br> > > > release name<br>
><br>
> Great initiative, thanks!<br>
><br>
> > Very important point. I think changing the release name makes sense as \
a<br> > > lot of users will only see that and won't read any annoucement. \
One<br> > > thing that was critizied a lot was that KDE 4.0 was marked as a .0, \
which<br> > > is often associated as a stable release. Maybe it would be better \
to drop<br> > > that and just call it "KOffice 2 Plattform Release/Tech \
Preview". This<br> > > would lower the risk that it's shortened to just "2.0" \
in the press.<br> > > "Preview" might be a bit misleading for a final release, \
but on the other<br> > > side KDE 4.0 showed that you can't be careful enough \
about that.<br> ><br>
> Changing the version number is probably not a great idea as it will confuse<br>
> people that *did* grasp the release numbering that we (and others) have<br>
> been using for years.<br>
> So calling it the 2.0.0 release of the KOffice Platform works for me.<br>
><br>
> maybe we should put a 'beta' text just below the logo on our website, just<br>
> to hop onto that bandwagon ;)<br>
Yes I agree, "KOffice Platform 2.0" sounds the best way to show that it is more about \
platform than application, unfortunately, the platform isn't API/ABI stable, which \
isn't shown in that naming.<br> <p style="-qt-paragraph-type:empty; margin-top:0px; \
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text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;"><br></p>And yes changing the numbering is now \
impossible, we are two years of releases too late.<br> <p \
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<br> Cyrille Berger</p></body></html>
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