Paul W. Frields wrote: > On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 06:31:22PM +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote: >> Max Spevack wrote: >> >>> Given all of the context now available in this thread, Rahul, do you: >>> >>> a) feel like we were clear enough about doing this in public? (For the >>> record, I believe that we were very clear about it in the context of the >>> marketing meetings, but if you hadn't heard about it until Jack's email, >>> then something fell through the cracks.) >> Not your fault. I just haven't been attending the marketing meetings or >> reading through the logs much. >>> b) feel like there is anything either wrong, or missing, from the list? >> Not sure which ones to highlight more but I can go with the following >> broader themes and categorize the features including but not limited to >> the key things in the feature list. > [...snip...] > > This is an exhaustive list, which kind of defeats the point of > "highlights." However, you are completely correct that these are all > very worthy features. We had to choose a small list on which to > concentrate, which is the only rational strategy since we're covering > them with limited resources. > > Part of the reason we choose highlights and build stories around them, > rather than trying to do this with every single feature, is that Red > Hat Marketing lends substantial support to our campaign around each > release. They also have finite resources with which to do this work > and have asked me repeatedly for the past few releases to center in on > a handful of features that have immediate broad appeal or compelling > stories we can build around them. Yes, I understand that which is why I provided both a categorization of features that I think will make it easier for a audience to gain a broad overview but also specifically listed highlights at the end which I think deserves more press. Rahul -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list
