Re: [DotGNU]Re: Meet-a-thon

[Barry Fitzgerald]

Gopal V wrote:
> 
> If memory serves me right, Barry Fitzgerald wrote:
> 
> > > We've gotta learn "How to Hype" .... from a project we're all familiar
> > > with (I'll give you 3 guesses)....
> > >
> >
> > Yes, but you have to be careful of the hype factor.  The more hype that
> > is generated the more work it is just to manage the input from that
> > hype. :)  We learned this fairly early on in the project.
> 
> Yes, but this time we're ready for the responses .... As far as
> managing hype goes , I think we can really manage the input. The
> developer team has become a bit more coherent around Portable.Net
> and the pnet weekly meeting has ensured that we can take anything
> they can dish out.... But "How to Hype" ;)
> 
> The problem is that so few people know about DotGNU , even after
> the "obvious" name it has ... and its relation to .NET .. a Newsforge
> post did its job during the other meet-a-thon , but this time it's
> not an event .... It's a milestone !
> 


Yep - and it should draw attention... Perhaps we're ready for a bit more
"hype generation" -- although we should use that term very loosely.  It
has a negative spin to it...

Might I suggest "media interaction"? :)

        -Barry