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I stopped paying because of the poor quality +</I>><i> of Mandriva Store service. Now I have a small web creation +</I>><i> business: Fiable.biz . <A HREF="http://Fiable.biz">http://Fiable.biz</A> We still use Mandriva +</I>><i> 2009 spring in 2 computers, but shifted this year to Ubuntu for 2 +</I>><i> others. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> My concern is: will Mageia meet the needs of small businesses? +</I>><i> +</I> +Define 'small business'! I am a small business - very small, just +me. In fact, I am two small businesses - freelance IT Consultant, +and also a Sales Leader with Avon. In the USA, a 'small business' +can have up to 750 employees, depending on which state it is based +in and the type of business. A business with 750 employees will +have very different needs from a one-person business. + +><i> 1) Small businesses are not very interested by the famous +</I>><i> "pro-choice" policy of Mandriva. I would prefer a system that +</I>><i> JUST WORKS rather than the choice between several buggy solutions +</I>><i> (KDE/Gnome, Kmail/Thunderbird etc.). And I just don't think a +</I>><i> small company or a small community can maintain so many different +</I>><i> competitive solutions. Making choice requires a strong +</I>><i> management, because any choice will make some users unhappy. But +</I>><i> my experience is that any computer system, because of its legacy, +</I>><i> becomes heavier and heavier, and is one day replaced by a +</I>><i> simpler, completely new one, with no legacy. I've just given up +</I>><i> Firefox for Chromium for that. The weakest is the management, the +</I>><i> quickest the system become unmanageable. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> 2) Small businesses need a paid, affordable, reliable SUPPORT. +</I>><i> Forums are helpful, but quite often one doesn't find the needed +</I>><i> answer that way. The payment should of course be possible by +</I>><i> MasterCard or Visa card. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> 3) Small businesses need an efficient way to FIND INFORMATION +</I>><i> QUICKLY. Fragmented information systems like official web pages + +</I>><i> mailing list + wiki + forums + bugzilla + support pages, some of +</I>><i> these in different languages, make information very difficult to +</I>><i> find. Although English is the mother tongue of nobody at +</I>><i> Fiable.biz, I would prefer no mailing list, no forum, no support +</I>><i> system, but an English wiki with discussion in the wiki's +</I>><i> discussion pages, rather than in forums, an English bugzilla for +</I>><i> bugs and enhancement wishes, and possibly wikis in other +</I>><i> languages with systematic links to the corresponding English page. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> 4) Some small businesses, like Fiable.biz, would be very +</I>><i> interested in MULTISEAT (several seats on one central unit), +</I>><i> because it's cheaper than buying one computer per employee. +</I>><i> Unfortunately, this is not provided in an easy way by any +</I>><i> distribution, as far as I know. If you know a distribution +</I>><i> provided this, please let me know. +</I>><i> +</I> +You are talking about the needs of your own small business. +Other small businesses (from 1 to 750 staff) will have quite +different needs. It is very unlikely that Mageia will satisfy +the needs of ALL types of small business. It is also very +unlikely that Mageia will suit the needs of all individuals, +or of all LARGE businesses. However, if you participate in +the project in some way, it is likely that you will be able to +have some influence over the shaping of the distro to meet the +needs of your own business - much more likely than if you were +to volunteer for, say, Microsoft! + + + +-- +Margot +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +**Otford Ducks Computers** +We teach, you learn... +...and, if you don't do your homework, we set the cat on you! +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="001537.html">[Mageia-discuss] Will Mageia meet small businesses' needs? +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="001532.html">[Mageia-discuss] Package management system +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#1543">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#1543">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#1543">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#1543">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">More information about the Mageia-discuss +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |