Re: [Marketing] - publicity for the new Apache Flex v 4.10

2013-08-06 Thread Nicholas Kwiatkowski
derp -- august 7th. On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 12:01 AM, OmPrakash Muppirala bigosma...@gmail.comwrote: June 7th? ;-) On Aug 5, 2013 7:30 PM, Nicholas Kwiatkowski nicho...@spoon.as wrote: The blog entry has been armed to post at midnight EDT on 6/7/2013. Basically took the press release and

Re: [Marketing] - publicity for the new Apache Flex v 4.10

2013-08-06 Thread jude
Congratulations on the release! One suggested edit in places where it's possible (was away). I think we should emphasize the new Spark components more. This is the current wording: + The new spark components ensure that SDK users can build functionalities quickly and in a more performant way.

Re: [Marketing] - publicity for the new Apache Flex v 4.10

2013-08-06 Thread OmPrakash Muppirala
On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 11:19 AM, jude flexcapaci...@gmail.com wrote: Congratulations on the release! One suggested edit in places where it's possible (was away). I think we should emphasize the new Spark components more. This is the current wording: + The new spark components ensure that

Re: [Marketing] - publicity for the new Apache Flex v 4.10

2013-08-06 Thread Nicholas Kwiatkowski
Done. On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 2:53 PM, OmPrakash Muppirala bigosma...@gmail.comwrote: On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 11:19 AM, jude flexcapaci...@gmail.com wrote: Congratulations on the release! One suggested edit in places where it's possible (was away). I think we should emphasize the new

[Marketing] - publicity for the new Apache Flex v 4.10

2013-08-05 Thread Scott Guthmann
All the edits have been made to this announcement. Thank you all for the help proofreading and suggesting edits. Both Nick and Justin have offered to post this to the http://blogs.apache.org/flex/ I think this document is ready to be posted.

Re: [Marketing] - publicity for the new Apache Flex v 4.10

2013-08-05 Thread Nicholas Kwiatkowski
The blog entry has been armed to post at midnight EDT on 6/7/2013. Basically took the press release and added the links to the downloads at the bottom. Great job Scott! I also updated the URL on the staging site to point to the blog entry as soon as it posts. Unless somebody tells me

Re: [Marketing] - publicity for the new Apache Flex v 4.10

2013-08-05 Thread OmPrakash Muppirala
June 7th? ;-) On Aug 5, 2013 7:30 PM, Nicholas Kwiatkowski nicho...@spoon.as wrote: The blog entry has been armed to post at midnight EDT on 6/7/2013. Basically took the press release and added the links to the downloads at the bottom. Great job Scott! I also updated the URL on the staging

Re: [Marketing] - publicity for the new Apache Flex v 4.10

2013-07-26 Thread Nicholas Kwiatkowski
Scott, I can post this to blogs. apache.org. Are we still going to wait for the installer to be finished, or do you want me to post it right now? -Nick On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 11:02 PM, Scott Guthmann sc...@on3solutions.comwrote: I have made all the edits I could find from this thread. The

Re: [Marketing] - publicity for the new Apache Flex v 4.10

2013-07-26 Thread Erik de Bruin
There hasn't been a release yet, we just passed the VOTE on which candidate will be released. We wait for the release manager to tell us when it's OK to start the marketing. EdB On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 12:12 PM, Nicholas Kwiatkowski nicho...@spoon.as wrote: Scott, I can post this to blogs.

RE: [Marketing] - publicity for the new Apache Flex v 4.10

2013-07-26 Thread Scott Guthmann
Scott, I can post this to blogs. apache.org. Are we still going to wait for the installer to be finished, or do you want me to post it right now? -Nick First, here is the shared document. Please let me know if you are not able to see it and edit it:

Re: [Marketing] - publicity for the new Apache Flex v 4.10

2013-07-26 Thread Alex Harui
Hi Scott, I finally got a look at the doc. Thanks for writing this up. Some comments: 1) Instead of Voting member committer of the Apache Flex PMC, which sounds like a title, that it say committer and member of the Apache Flex PMC. 2) I'm not sure I understand this paragraph: The Project

[Marketing] - publicity for the new Apache Flex v 4.10

2013-07-25 Thread Scott Guthmann
Thank you to those who contributed to this publicity document. This is a draft of a press release announcing the arrival of Apache Flex v4.10. https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BwtzQKOyBr2cQTdiMXdMNXRpMHM/edit?usp=sharing Do you see changes that need to be made? Are all the important features

Re: [Marketing] - publicity for the new Apache Flex v 4.10

2013-07-25 Thread Carlos Rovira
) by the framework / installer. -Message d'origine- From: Scott Guthmann Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2013 8:50 PM To: dev@flex.apache.org Subject: [Marketing] - publicity for the new Apache Flex v 4.10 Thank you to those who contributed to this publicity document. This is a draft of a press

[Marketing] - publicity for the new Apache Flex v 4.10

2013-07-25 Thread Scott Guthmann
Carlos said: I think is good, but agree that incubator paragraph should be removed I agree. I miss Linux reference, since we now support it and this is a great step forward. I would point something like Apache Flex now supports Linux making possible for development teams around the world

Re: [Marketing] - publicity for the new Apache Flex v 4.10

2013-07-25 Thread OmPrakash Muppirala
On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 11:50 AM, Scott Guthmann sc...@on3solutions.comwrote: Thank you to those who contributed to this publicity document. This is a draft of a press release announcing the arrival of Apache Flex v4.10.

Re: [Marketing] - publicity for the new Apache Flex v 4.10

2013-07-25 Thread Justin Mclean
Hi, Looks good - more minor mods required. - consist of a software development kit should be consisting of a If I was being really picky I would talk about automated testing tools as they are not actually part of the release. - change The v4.10 release to The 4.10.0 release, this occurs

RE: [Marketing] - publicity for the new Apache Flex v 4.10

2013-07-25 Thread Scott Guthmann
Looks good - more minor mods required. I have made all the edits I could find from this thread. The press release is ready. Last call. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bG5EDWbCYhujhu_oYl7f2eFaxmxfSTNTNa4o8W_DQQM/edit?usp=sharing

RE: [Marketing] - publicity for the new Apache Flex v 4.10

2013-07-25 Thread Scott Guthmann
I have made all the edits I could find from this thread. The press release is ready. Last call. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bG5EDWbCYhujhu_oYl7f2eFaxmxfSTNTNa4o8W_DQQM/edit?usp=sharing I received a reply from the Apache VP of Publicity about distributing this as a press release

Re: [Marketing] - publicity for the new Apache Flex v 4.10

2013-07-25 Thread Justin Mclean
HI, I received a reply from the Apache VP of Publicity about distributing this as a press release on the Apache news wire. Unfortunately, distribution on the news wire service is not possible because it is not a major release (e.g. version N.0 or equivalent). Apache doesn't issue a press

Re: [Marketing] - publicity for the new Apache Flex v 4.10

2013-07-25 Thread Alex Harui
On 7/25/13 8:28 PM, Justin Mclean jus...@classsoftware.com wrote: HI, I received a reply from the Apache VP of Publicity about distributing this as a press release on the Apache news wire. Unfortunately, distribution on the news wire service is not possible because it is not a major release

Re: [Marketing] - publicity for the new Apache Flex v 4.10

2013-07-25 Thread OmPrakash Muppirala
On Jul 25, 2013 9:26 PM, Alex Harui aha...@adobe.com wrote: On 7/25/13 8:28 PM, Justin Mclean jus...@classsoftware.com wrote: HI, I received a reply from the Apache VP of Publicity about distributing this as a press release on the Apache news wire. Unfortunately, distribution on the

Re: [Marketing] - publicity for the new Apache Flex v 4.10

2013-07-25 Thread Justin Mclean
Hi, I haven't had a chance to review the document yet. My email shows that the document was posted only about 12 hours ago. I don't think the intention was to put the document out before we have an the release on the mirrors etc etc, not a huge point in sending it out before people can

Re: [Marketing] - publicity for the new Apache Flex v 4.10

2013-07-25 Thread Alex Harui
I just went to the link Scott provided and it says I have to request access, so I won't be able to review it until then. On 7/25/13 9:48 PM, Justin Mclean jus...@classsoftware.com wrote: Hi, I haven't had a chance to review the document yet. My email shows that the document was posted only

Re: [Marketing] - publicity for the new Apache Flex v 4.10

2013-07-25 Thread Erik de Bruin
Me too, that isn't right. The previous version wasn't 'protected' this way. Scott? EdB On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 7:29 AM, Alex Harui aha...@adobe.com wrote: I just went to the link Scott provided and it says I have to request access, so I won't be able to review it until then. On 7/25/13

Re: [Marketing] - publicity for the new Apache Flex v 4.10

2013-07-23 Thread Carlos Rovira
Another very important: Better localization for multiple languages. Flex 4.10 is better now when trying to make application for multiple countries and languages. 2013/7/23 Justin Mclean jus...@classsoftware.com Hi, • What business problems can a business manager solve with v 4.10 that

Re: [Marketing] - publicity for the new Apache Flex v 4.10

2013-07-23 Thread Justin Mclean
Hi, And how could I forget better international support for dates in formatters, validations, date fields and date choosers! Justin

Re: [Marketing] - publicity for the new Apache Flex v 4.10

2013-07-23 Thread Erik de Bruin
Scott, • What business problems can a business manager solve with v 4.10 that weren't possible to solve with v 4.9.1? Remain up to date; not particularly a feature of THIS release, sure, but certainly a feature of any release and worth mentioning. Also, the testing of the platform has

Re: [Marketing] - publicity for the new Apache Flex v 4.10

2013-07-23 Thread Justin Mclean
Hi, Also add: Out of the box support for Advanced Telemetry allowing developers to easily profile their application and improve performance using Adobe Scout. Justin

Re: [Marketing] - publicity for the new Apache Flex v 4.10

2013-07-22 Thread OmPrakash Muppirala
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Re: [Marketing] - publicity for the new Apache Flex v 4.10

2013-07-22 Thread Justin Mclean
Hi, • What business problems can a business manager solve with v 4.10 that weren't possible to solve with v 4.9.1? Better for developer productivity - less RTEs and work arounds required. Justin

Re: [Marketing] - publicity for the new Apache Flex v 4.10

2013-07-20 Thread OmPrakash Muppirala
Scott, Thanks for jumping into this right away! I will try my best to answer a couple of questions: *1. What business problems can a business manager solve with v 4.10 that weren't possible to solve with v 4.9.1?* - 480 dpi mobile resolution/skin support means that Flex SDK users can now

[Marketing] - publicity for the new Apache Flex v 4.10

2013-07-19 Thread Scott Guthmann
I would like to coordinate writing a press release to announce the arrival of Apache Flex 4.10, assuming it is ready for release. IMO, our project’s release notes [1] are very impressive. But, I’m not a developer I do need some help generating the content and giving context to highlights in

RE: [Marketing] - publicity

2013-01-21 Thread Guthmann, Scott
In response to the publicity we released a couple of weeks ago, we received request from the Software Editor from the Register, Gavin Clark, who wants to speak to one of the Apache Flex team members. Here is a link to the article he wrote [1] These were his questions: Thanks for getting in

Re: [Marketing] - publicity

2013-01-21 Thread Om
On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 11:03 AM, Guthmann, Scott sguthm...@on3solutions.com wrote: In response to the publicity we released a couple of weeks ago, we received request from the Software Editor from the Register, Gavin Clark, who wants to speak to one of the Apache Flex team members. Here is a

RE: [Marketing] - publicity

2013-01-21 Thread Guthmann, Scott
[1] http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/01/14/adobe_flex_apache/ Om: I can talk to the editor. For the record, my response to where the project is would be: Thanks Om! I plan to arrange a call between you and Gavin. Will you please review the article he wrote and provide your complete

Re: [Marketing] - publicity

2013-01-21 Thread Om
On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 11:46 AM, Guthmann, Scott sguthm...@on3solutions.com wrote: [1] http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/01/14/adobe_flex_apache/ Om: I can talk to the editor. For the record, my response to where the project is would be: Thanks Om! I plan to arrange a call between you

Re: [Marketing] - publicity

2013-01-17 Thread Harbs
Okay. I'll send you an email with my info. I don't think I can do it until some time next week though. I came down with a migraine last night and I'm feeling pretty lousy today… On Jan 17, 2013, at 12:57 AM, Guthmann, Scott wrote: FWIW, I don't mind doing an interview. There might be better

Re: [Marketing] - publicity

2013-01-17 Thread Alex Harui
On 1/16/13 2:57 PM, Guthmann, Scott sguthm...@on3solutions.com wrote: Alex: I plan to arrange a call between you and Abel. Will you please review the article he wrote and provide your complete contact information including: title, address, city, state, postal code, website, phone number and

[Marketing] - publicity comment / interview request

2013-01-15 Thread Guthmann, Scott
I have been contacted by a German blogger / author who published this article about Apache Flex: http://www.pro-linux.de/news/1/19333/apache-flex-wird-zum-top-level-projekt.html I would like to offer an interview or comment from one of the members of the Apache Flex team to your author for

Re: [Marketing] - publicity

2013-01-15 Thread Justin Mclean
HI, Another mention here on ZDNet: http://www.zdnet.com/apache-moves-flex-forward-should-flash-be-next-709843/ Perhaps we come come up with an official short statement with a link back to the apache flex site to add to many of these articles? Thanks, Justin

RE: [Marketing] - publicity

2013-01-15 Thread Guthmann, Scott
Another mention here on ZDNet: http://www.zdnet.com/apache-moves-flex-forward-should-flash-be-next-709843/ Perhaps we come up with an official short statement with a link back to the apache flex site to add to many of these articles? Thanks, Justin I do not think that an official short