[gruez]

The meteorological dates for "summer" correspond to June 1 to August 31. That straddles 2 quarters and both halves of the year. What are you going to do if a product launch is in July (+- 1 month)? You can't really use Q3 or H2 because neither of them fully captures that 3 month period.

[GJim]

> The meteorological dates for "summer" correspond to June 1 to August 31

That is winter in the southern hemisphere.

I'm amazed at the need to have to explain this to a grown adult: https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/seasons/en/

[gruez]

Yes, I neglected to qualify "summer" with "northern hemisphere", but the substance of my comment doesn't meaningfully change with or without it, nor have I denied in other of my comments that "summer" is ambiguous depending on which hemisphere you're in. You're clearly just looking for stuff to nitpick.

[justinclift]

Then use two seasons in the announcement. It's not hard. ;)

[dathinab]

say roughly around July but the we have not yet committed to an exact release month

[gruez]

"roughly around July but the we have not yet committed to an exact release month" sounds way more clunky than "this summer".