[1064] in IS Home Pages
Re: new software pages
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rob Smyser)
Thu Mar 16 11:29:00 2000
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Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 11:29:19 -0500
To: Robyn Fizz <fizz@mit.edu>, Theresa M Regan <tregan@mit.edu>
From: Rob Smyser <smyser@MIT.EDU>
Cc: is-home@mit.edu, sw-release-team@mit.edu.--.Netscape
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For the record, my reasoning behind "not Netscape" was that if web/software
requires certificates to get netscape, then an IE user cannot get netscape.
At 09:58 AM 3/16/00 -0500, Robyn Fizz wrote:
>Hi Theresa,
>
>I'm just back from my two-day usability course. It seems we did have a
>misunderstanding about the release. I checked with Rob and Kevin about
>pointing to the software server instead of net-dist for software that
>requires certificates and they were comfortable on that score, except that
>Rob thought it wasn't appropriate for Netscape. I told Kris to go ahead and
>change the appropriate links to the software server and release the pages
>on Wednesday as originally planned.
>
>I understand there are some issues flying around at the moment, though at
>this point I am still wading through my e-mail. I'm going to be in an
>Operational Plan Alive meeting from 10 to 11:45 this morning, so won't be
>able to address these issues until this afternoon.
>
>Meantime, I have indicated to Kris that we should keep the new pages up for
>the time being: even if there are additional changes, the current set of
>pages is still significantly more accurate than the old set, so it makes no
>sense to take the new set down.
>
>I would like to make the point that the is-home team allowed a generous
>amount of time for people to review these pages, so there is no reason for
>hasty last-minute changes of plan.
>
>Regards,
>Robyn
>
>>Hi Robin,
>>
>>I was surprised when asked...did I know the new pages went live today...
>>
>>When we last spoke, I thought, I was going to hear from someone in your
>>absence about the "net-dist" question.
>>
>>I probably misunderstood and should have realized that they would become
>>production today. I believe, there are many errors still and will try to
>>encourage people to review and request updates, quickly.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Theresa
>
>
>
>Robyn Fizz
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