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I would prefer to be the +</I>><i> best we can be to those who grow to love the brand. +</I> +True, but you are forgetting to take into account the views of the +developers and packagers of Mageia. Without them there will be no Mageia +distro and since partecipation is on an unpaid volunteer basis, no +grand plan of shaping the distro from a marketing POV will succeed, if +it doesn't match the views of a large part of the devs and packagers. + +This is not a criticism of your work (which I'm sure is well meant), but +it's a simple but crucial fact that you have to take into account. + +><i> All linux distributions at the moment have a less than 1.5% of the total +</I>><i> market, however in the area where they have targeted a particular user set, +</I>><i> Webservers, the market penetration is somewhere around the 65% mark. +</I> +And that's because of the simple fact that Linux is the best technical +choice for that specific application and the decisionmakers are techies +who know that, it has nothing to do with marketing. +If anything it shows how marketing counts for nothing when techies and +experts make choices. + +><i> How many users does Mandriva have worldwide, compare that to the number of +</I>><i> computer users and you will see that the "one size fits all" does not equal +</I>><i> significant market share. +</I> +Mandriva is not a "one size fits all". It is the best Linux desktop +distro, but it's not the best choice as a server distro or for many +other uses. +The fact that it doesn't have more users is primarily due to the unfair +advantage that Windows has because it comes preinstalled on PCs. + +><i> OOo is targeted at office productivity people for obvious reasons, +</I>><i> it's branding, colour design (Blue engenders a feeling of reliability and +</I>><i> efficiency) is aimed at that market group. The Logo design is aimed at a 30 +</I>><i> to 45 age group, who are the decision makers in this group and to whom "Gulls" +</I>><i> = Freedom. +</I> +I very much doubt any OOo user chose it because of the logo, personally +I chose software on technical and usability merits, not logo design and +even all non-techies I know do the same. + +Software is not a car or a handbag or a jacket, those are items where +looks and design counts a lot, with software the only design that counts +is UI interface design aimed at maximising usability. + +</PRE> + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="002374.html">[Mageia-discuss] Mageia logo proposals and selection +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="002376.html">[Mageia-discuss] Mageia logo proposals and selection +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#2375">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#2375">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#2375">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#2375">[ 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> |