On Thu, 30 Sep 1999 jg@cyberstorm.demon.co.uk wrote:
As stated in the P-R, the launch date is broadly speaking October.
Okay. You have announced a site in a press release. When people go to the site, they see "coming soon". What impression does that convey?
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.
What you have just done is effectively launch the site. Why publicise a site that is not yet open for business?
October is the wish-month
There is absolutely nothing wrong with setting ambitious deadlines. What you shouldn't do is fall into the vapourware trap. How many articles does LNC have ready for the punters?
I am happy to state my thoughts on the launch date in public unlike certain Companies who ship products possibly considered too early.
Irrelevant.
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 ;-)
Yeah, shit happens. I remember the posting of the draft copy of the press release, but don't remember you saying "guys, I'm going to announce this".
To be perfectly honest, who is likely to rebuff us for missing October?
Er, our public? People visiting LNC following on from the publicity. To be honest, the "coming soon" message gives a bad name to every one of us associated with the project.
And if you'd like to help us in the project, get in touch and maybe you can help make it faster and better!
...and just pray we get it up and ready before the publicity. Oh, whoops.
Andrew.
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