>> We (I) were set to do that yesterday, then was informed by Martin >> Hollmichel that the patch needed still to go through final QA. It will >> be ready tomorrow, and we'll do the full honors--announce, homepage, >> etc. > >Hrm. > >>From a marketing point of view, wouldn't it have been better to beat >the press to the punch? I mean, instead of having a news agency post >that there's a vulnerability, if we had released a press release, we >could have said "Yes, there's a small, user-interativity required >vulnerability, but a patch is in final QA and is going to be released >any time now". > >Isn't part of marketing making sure there's a positive spin // spin control? >
The press were rather quick to the draw, Jason. Second, we have been engaged in presenting the facts (our version of spin control: the facts) since yesterday morning. However you do raise a good suggestion. It would be great if Marketing were to cruise all issues and look for vulnerabilities. The query might be a little hard to write.... best Louis --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
