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+ <B>Kira</B>
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+ <I>Thu Sep 30 16:05:26 CEST 2010</I>
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+<PRE>&#22312; Thu, 30 Sep 2010 21:34:26 +0800, Samuel Verschelde
+&lt;<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">stormi at laposte.net</A>&gt;&#23531;&#36947;:
+&gt;<i> I don't know whether I agree or not, but I would like to point out that
+</I>&gt;<i> to me Mandriva is/was et Mageia will/could be a generalist distribution.
+</I>&gt;<i>
+</I>&gt;<i> Which means :
+</I>&gt;<i> - suitable for power users (if one can count me in this category,
+</I>&gt;<i> Mandriva is my desktop of choice)
+</I>&gt;<i> - suitable for your individuals (My young brother uses Mandriva Linux)
+</I>&gt;<i> - suitable for community enterprise and for professionnal actors (We've
+</I>&gt;<i> got more than 400 Mandriva Free servers in production in french
+</I>&gt;<i> hospitals, and several workstations here)
+</I>&gt;<i>
+</I>&gt;<i> I know there is a difference between saying that the distro is
+</I>&gt;<i> &quot;suitable&quot; for something and its marketing targeting , but I still
+</I>&gt;<i> remember people telling me &quot;Mandriva is a distro for newbies, not for
+</I>&gt;<i> power users or businesses&quot;. I want to avoid this at all prices.
+</I>&gt;<i>
+</I>&gt;<i> If I were to choose right now, I would say : advertise Mageia as a
+</I>&gt;<i> generalist distro suitable for many needs just like Mandriva is/was, and
+</I>&gt;<i> then have specific compaigns to highlight some specific usages : in
+</I>&gt;<i> educationnal fields, server usage, workstation usage, etc.
+</I>&gt;<i>
+</I>I think what Graham want to express is that Mageia got to find her own
+
+position in the market, if we hope Mageia could be better promoted.
+
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+Yes, Mageia or Mandrake/Mandriva is for all purpose, but every distro can
+be
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+all-purpose. The point is: There's no distinctive difference toward other
+
+distribution. The failure of Mandriva SA business can be connected to many
+factor,
+
+which I believe part of the problem is that the product don't stands out
+
+among competitors. All- purpose is good, but some personality is also
+important.
+
+&quot;A distribution for Newbie&quot; is good, but I think what Graham said is
+better.
+
+We have to find a specific portion of the market to survive, with something
+
+stands out among other competitors like educational/small business/suited
+for...
+
+blah, blah, blah.
+
+
+Just saying that Mageia can do anything would make new comers wonder:
+
+So, what's the difference Mageia had toward other distribution?
+
+We can still list out what Mageia can do, but some personality is
+
+definitely needed, not just &quot;All-purpose&quot;, that's confusing and
+
+would makes Mageia no difference comparing to other distro, since
+
+you can't speak out your major difference in aspect of Market share.
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