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Subject: Re: [Tiff] eta for bigtiff support?
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Chris Cox wrote:
> We helped drive the BigTIFF effort, we helped with technical issues, we contributed continuously, and said we supported the design/effort.
> Are you expecting a SuperBowl ad and press release?
> 
> Until the code is tested and bugs ironed out, I can't even update our documentation to include BigTIFF.
> (which has also made it difficult to get product managers to approve time to work on the effort)

A SuperBowl ad is irrelevant and absurd.

A press release or other formal public statement, on the other hand, 
would be reasonable.

I find it a bit odd that you seem to regard the two as comparable.

-- 
Gary McGath
Digital Library Software Engineer
Harvard University Libraries, Office for Information Systems
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