[XML-DEV Mailing List Archive Home] [By Thread] [By Date] [Recent Entries] [Reply To This Message] RE: [OT] Announcements (was RE: XMLLight - What do you think?)
Concur. Most announcements are tolerated as long as they are informative, are not repeated often (iow, major releases, not minor ones), and are pertinent to the work of XML developers. One early discussion was on job postings. These are usually tolerated. For major product announcements, the poster can do the most good by posting a short announcement: name the product, give a short summary of outstanding features (the "why" developers should be interested) and most important, provide a link to a web page with the details. o I particularly like web pages with downloadable betas. o I particularly dislike betas that take over the names (once installed, all XML files open in that product and insist on keeping it even after the beta expires) or disallow saving results (therefore, not useful for real work) and making it hard to use other tools. IDE developers and vendors take note. Len http://www.mp3.com/LenBullard Ekam sat.h, Vipraah bahudhaa vadanti. Daamyata. Datta. Dayadhvam.h -----Original Message----- From: Eric Bohlman [mailto:ebohlman@e...] It's worth noting that the announcements that seem to raise hackles here are the ones that read like sales pitches rather than information. Announcements here should read as if the primary audience were developers, not investors, and should contain little or no marketese or managementese. They should be long on substance and short on hype.
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