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They probably chose the 6th because it's on a wednesday; they chose June 8th last year, which was also on a wednesday.

At the risk of sounding ignorant... what's special about Wednesdays?

Wild guess: Two days of frantic last-minute preparation, one day of rollout, and two days of frantic hotfixes before most folks go home for the weekend.

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