Re: [Publicity] Blog: Xen ARM and DT vs ACPI

[Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Oh good, I was looking/hoping for an LWN link to give some context.
Shame it won't be open to all when the post goes out. I'm not going to
put a subscriber link in the blog but perhaps I'll include the plain
link with "(subscribers only until $DATETIME)".

On Fri, 2013-11-22 at 01:34 +0000, Russell Pavlicek wrote:
> You all might find this interesting:
> 
> ACPI for ARM?  By Jonathan Corbet
> http://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/574439/8083696c52b414d3/
> 
> Even if you don't have a subscription to LWN, you should be able to use the 
> link (it is normally subscriber-only content, but they allow subscribers to 
> create open links like this one). 
> 
> Russ Pavlicek
> Xen Project Evangelist, Citrix Systems
> Home Office: +1-301-829-5327
> Mobile: +1-240-397-0199
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> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lars Kurth 
> Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2013 12:37 PM
> To: Russell Pavlicek; Ian Campbell; #XenOrg
> Cc: Dario Faggioli; Lars Kurth; publicity@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: Blog: Xen ARM and DT vs ACPI
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I forgot about Thanksgiving. I had a look through and it is not really 
> controversial. But the piece is not very clear either. And because of the 
> Linux controversy there is a danger that somebody from the press will quote 
> Ian, which could backfire. So it is worth to be clear.
> 
> I can spend some time giving feedback tomorrow morning
> 
> Given that next week are US holidays, Fridays are usually slow, maybe we can 
> wait for a week. 
> 
> I had a bit of a press search and only 
> http://www.pcworld.com/article/2062220/usenix-red-hat-prepares-for-64bit-arm-servers.html
>  came up.
> 
> Lars
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Russell Pavlicek 
> Sent: 21 November 2013 17:26
> To: Lars Kurth; Ian Campbell; #XenOrg
> Cc: Dario Faggioli; Lars Kurth; publicity@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: Blog: Xen ARM and DT vs ACPI
> 
> FWIW, if it goes out Tuesday it is unlikely to get any US readership at all.
> 
> Thanksgiving week is next week.  Thursday & Friday are holidays for most 
> everyone (except the unfortunate folks who work retail or food service).  
> Wednesday is frequently a travel day (many places close around lunchtime to 
> allow people to begin travelling to family locations for the holiday).  
> Tuesday is either a very slow day or hideously hectic, depending on the 
> industry.  Either way, not many people will be paying attention.
> 
> I'd pull the trigger on the piece whenever it makes sense for the piece.  
> I'll push my blog to external sources and do what I can for readership.  
> Since the ARM piece is important, push it when everyone thinks it is ready 
> (whenever that is).  But if you wait until next week, I'd suggest maybe 
> Monday (and even that is weak) or wait one more week.  Later in the week 
> makes sense only if US people are not a major part of the potential audience 
> (seems unlikely, but you folks know better than I).
> 
> Just my opinion.  Thanks,
> 
> Russ Pavlicek
> Xen Project Evangelist, Citrix Systems
> Home Office: +1-301-829-5327
> Mobile: +1-240-397-0199
> UK VoIP: +44 1223 852 894
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lars Kurth 
> Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2013 12:16 PM
> To: Ian Campbell; #XenOrg
> Cc: Dario Faggioli; Lars Kurth; publicity@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: Blog: Xen ARM and DT vs ACPI
> 
> Adding publicity.
> 
> Russell's post just went out, so this week would be unwise now. 
> 
> Maybe early next week: Tue?  That would also give us a chance to review the 
> post thoroughly. This is a sensitive topic and we don't want to hurt 
> ourselves unintentionally (which seems to be happening to vendors that are 
> pushing their angle too hard). We don't really want that to happen to us.
> 
> I would even suggest to wait until Stefano is back from holidays and had a 
> chance to catch up on ongoing discussions. 
> 
> Lars 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ian Campbell 
> Sent: 21 November 2013 17:07
> To: #XenOrg
> Cc: Dario Faggioli; Lars Kurth
> Subject: Blog: Xen ARM and DT vs ACPI
> 
> We'd like to say something about our position here, so I've drafted
> this: http://blog.xen.org/?p=8347&preview=true
> 
> Ideally it would be posted soon, ie.. tomorrow. Does that fit in with the 
> schedule?
> 
> Ian
> 



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