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Nothing should ever be announced or "effective" April 1.
by programminggeek 13y ago
Nothing should ever be announced or "effective" April 1.
- freehunter 13y agoI'm set to move into a new apartment building that is opening April 1st. I'm still not entirely convinced that I'm actually going to get my keys...
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- _wesley_ 13y agoI launched a company once on April 1. Realized the date after we'd announced to everyone. We were worried about it impacting launch (is this a joke?), but all was good.
- camillomiller 13y agoApple was founded on April 1st, 1976
- einhverfr 13y agoApril 1 is not celebrated everywhere in the world. I learned that April 1 jokes on the internet are often taken the wrong way even when there are ample reasons to realize it is a joke. See http://osdir.com/ml/finance.ledger.smb.devel/2008-04/msg00000.html http://osdir.com/ml/finance.ledger.smb.devel/2008-04/msg0000...
- ghshephard 13y agoThere is precedent around making big announcements on April 1st, with full understanding of the impact of announcing on that day: https://www.google.com/search?q=founding+date+apple&oq=founding+date+apple https://www.google.com/search?q=founding+date+apple&oq=found... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gmail http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gmail