<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # A platform announcement should distinguish... > A platform announcement should distinguish architecture, prototype, closed trial, public release, and demonstrated adoption. Plans can be ambitious without being narrated as completed systems before users have tested them. **Source:** [[livestreams/Open-Source Thought Leadership and the Power of a Sentence - Workbook|Open-Source Thought Leadership and the Power of a Sentence]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “A platform announcement should distinguish architecture, prototype, closed trial, public release, and demonstrated adoption. Plans can be ambitious without being narrated as completed systems before users have tested them.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-platform-announcement-should-before-users-tested ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->