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It does not mean plans +are useless but that we need to know when to start/change things/plans +- that's culture. + +><i> what users can find in Mageia -> who are our users? which features they will +</I>><i> expect? are we able to provide them? +</I> +Our users will first be the ones that find a fit with what we propose +to them, that matches our expectations (build, propose, gather +feedback, iterate). So first, our users will be ... us. Then, what we +can learn from feedback from larger circles. Later, our users will be +those that find a fit with specifics, because we will have searched +after this fit. + +The goal in this series is to propose what we (well, those that will +make this very series) find valuable and noticeable in Mageia for +developers for one part, users for another part. Precisely to raise +interest into the product and the technology, and gather feedback (we +won't by staying silent). + + +><i> - what people can do with Mageia (what gets done with it in the real world out +</I>><i> there) -> what kind of people? depending on the people we adress to, it +</I>><i> changes the work of the user +</I> +That's why we can address a lot of people, and see how it goes. And +showcase very different uses of the same base technology. + + +><i> if we don't have clear these aspects, we will be only ANOTHER linux distro, +</I>><i> and i wan't that this happens. +</I> +Looking first for a specific class of users for a Linux +desktop/laptop/server distribution today is maybe a good idea if you +want to grasp on some market share, if you already have something to +adapt and aim to - after all, Linux has still a lot to gain. + +Doing so for a technology project (what Mageia is) is premature. +Premature for two reasons: + + * I have no idea - no one has, about the direction that Mageia will +take in the coming months, after Mageia 1 release. Well, I have an +intuition, I have wishes. But that does not make for the project +goals, even if I'm on the Board. No one is expected to decide about +this before this Summer brainstorm session has happened. + + * Mageia is building a pretty generic Linux distribution (goes for +desktop, server, laptop, for several architectures). What it needs +next to have a distinct identity on its own is not to search for +specific users as a whole. What it needs is to wildly experiment, +_aside from the main trunk_. + +Experiment like: + - breaking it apart in smaller, to-the-point, specific and +extraordinarily optimized use-cases (desktop/server/laptop/mobile are +the biggest use-cases so far, but what about the next 5 years? the +iPhone didn't even exist 5 years ago); + - make yet-another-Linux distro that just boots, and launches a +customized Web browser only - yes, there are several in this area +already, among which Chromium - but having the knowledge/experience of +what this involves and what this provides may be important here; + - scratch the surface, from a community point of view, of aiming at +a specific set of hardware platforms, so that the integrated +experience of Mageia software with these is _better_ than with other, +more generic platforms; + +Those are only 3 samples; maybe other ideas can come out of a +brainstorm; maybe not. Maybe it will conclude that, no, we won't go +experimenting this wild and secure first a stronger trunk for the +distribution, and only allow small teams to go in the wild like this; +or only let companies around take the risk/reward about this on their +own, from Mageia trunk. I have no idea. No one has. Because, again, no +one is expected to decide about this before this brainstorm session +has happened. + +You will say that it's foolish to do so without having a single +knowledge of what users we are looking after. Maybe. But it is even +worse to engage in a project one doesn't crave for oneself - in other +words, no one in Mageia will make something great if it is not already +in love with what it is, notwithstanding potential users out there. + +Let the project (the community forming it, you included) find out what +it wants to do first; being part of the marcomm' team, help then the +project to find if, and how, people out there, will like/use it as +well. And how to iterate to approach this. + +Closing the project scope now by searching after user targets now is +premature. That's the same message as in past November. And that +doesn't void the marcom team role and relevance. It makes it different +than what you seem to expect, though. + + +><i> i think that until now blog posts about development progress should be enough, +</I>><i> otherwise we risk to do all the errors the most of the distro do everyday... +</I> +I don't think showcasing our processes, people and products in the +open is an error. And it's not because it may sound naive that it is +either. + + +Cheers, + +Romain +</PRE> + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="000304.html">[Mageia-marketing] Showcasing technology and people +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="000306.html">[Mageia-marketing] Showcasing technology and people +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#305">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#305">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#305">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#305">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-marketing">More information about the Mageia-marketing +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |