On Thu, 30 Sep 1999, Laurie Brown wrote:
Hmmm, it's advertised on linux.com, but the site's not active.
As stated in the P-R, the launch date is broadly speaking October. As MJR has mentioned, this date is ambitious, but it should be noted that I WILL NOT LAUNCH until the LNC Team feels it is ready. October is the wish-month and I am not afraid is holding back into November or even further if it means that visitors get a better first impression with content, design and stability. I have certain targets for content which is open to discussion on the lnc list.
I am happy to state my thoughts on the launch date in public unlike certain Companies who ship products possibly considered too early.
In hindsight, the launch date could have been witheld from the P-R, but since no-one on list mentioned this after two postings of the draft copy, I made the call and accept any flak should we not be held to it. The words "shit happens" comes to mind ;-)
To be perfectly honest, who is likely to rebuff us for missing October?
And if you'd like to help us in the project, get in touch and maybe you can help make it faster and better!
I hope this clarifies matters for you. Feel free to forward this to anyone else who wants to know about the launch date too.