WeeklyUpdates/2006-10-30

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Meeting Details

• 1:00pm PST (20:00 UTC)
• Mozilla HQ, 1st floor conference table
• +1 866 879 4799 (pin 369) Conf# 8600 (US Toll Free)
• +1 650 903 0800 x91 Conf# 8600 (US/International)
• [Use *1 to mute yourself]
• join irc.mozilla.org #staffmeeting for attendance taking

Development Updates

Fx 2.0

• Firefox 2 shipped on the declared target date of Tuesday, October 24th (only a few weeks off of the original guesstimate target date set last year!)
  • www.mozilla.com was successfully updated at the time of launch
  • addons.mozilla.com was also updated successfully in time for the launch
  • initial press has been very positive
  • more than 2 million downloads in 24 hours, more detailed information on download and usage numbers being assembled for today

TB 2.0

• With Firefox 2 out the door, we'd like to re-kick the discussions on a Thunderbird 2 release schedule with QA and the build team.
• We've started working with Seth B. to figure out the community giving program and how it relates to many of the Mozilla mail contributors.

IT Updates

• FF2 launch
• Europe colocation
• Webtools migration - Thursday
• Stage migration

Product Management and Marketing Updates

Marketing

• We launched Firefox 2 last Tuesday.
• We're working on several new marketing programs we'll be rolling out over the next month.

Developer Relations

• Deb and Eric attended the Free Software and Open Source Symposium in Toronto, where Eric gave a well attended and well received talk about MDC and open source documentation.

Foundation Updates

See the report on Mozilla Foundation activities for the week ending October 27, 2006.