Hi Folks,
Here is the new version of the press release. Thanks to Rob
Cambell for some language improvements and includes a caveat about tables.
I've spoken with Dom about this over IRC and we agree we should do a major
announcement.
I certainly also agree with Andrew that we should make a big noise about
our internationalization. It would really help for our translators to
translate the press release and send it to ordinary news sites (not just
software sites) in their home language.
OK final comments?
Cheers
Martin
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