Re: your work is impactful :)

On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 6:01 PM, Nuno Pinheiro <[email protected]>wrote:

> A Segunda, 31 de Janeiro de 2011 21:34:07 Aaron J. Seigo você escreveu:
> > hi all...
> >
> > a link to an episode of the Linux Action Show came up on irc in which
> they
> > review the 4.6 release. it's very positive, to say the least. :) neither
> of
> > the presenters is currently a Plasma user, so this isn't just our
> fanbois,
> > but people who use other software. how do they know about what we have to
> > offer? well, in part because they've been using the 4.6 release for the
> > last couple of days, but ....
> >
> > ... what i also noticed is that they made extensive use of our promo
> > materials: screenshots, verbatim text from the release notes, etc.
> >
> > thanks to all the hard work people put into those release notes, other
> > people are discovering KDE and finding a passion for it. the "elegance"
> > meme is also striking a strong, nice chord.
>
> sebas rocks! we stole from some dude :D
>
> > so congrats and thanks to each and every one of you who had a hand in
> > making the 4.6 release notes happen. they are valuable and have a huge
> > impact. we all know it is true, but i'll say it anyway: it isn't enough
> > that we make awesome technology, we need to tell people that we are doing
> > so. you are helping make that happen, with style.
> >
> > here's a link to the show, starting from the KDE segment, so you can bask
> > in the glory of it all too:
> >
> >
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44wJQ_S1PiE&feature=player_detailpage#t=1194
> > s
> wow  :) how much did we payd them :) was worth every cent :)
>

Thanks for passing this along Aaron. This is fantastic to see people getting
excited about KDE and spreading the word.  Congrats to everyone on this
latest release, and especially to those who handled the majority of the
release announcement work!

-Justin

p.s. These guys did really well with the branding issue as they reviewed the
release...I didn't hear SC mentioned at all, they noted the different Plasma
Workspaces correctly, etc.  Has our messaging finally started to sink in
with the rest of the world? :D

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