[Mageia-dev] Identifying Target Markets

Sun Oct 3 08:11:58 CEST 2010

Kira a écrit :
+> 在 Thu, 30 Sep 2010 22:18:08 +0800, Samuel Verschelde 
+> <stormi at laposte.net>寫道:
+>
+>>
+>> Le jeudi 30 septembre 2010 16:05:26, Kira a écrit :
+>>> So, what's the difference Mageia had toward other distribution?
+>>
+>> "Simple to use yet powerful" :
+>> - newbie-friendly (yes ubuntu is on this market, but to me Mandriva 
+>> does it better)
+>> - powerful
+>> - comprehensive (many packages available in many fields)
+>>
+>> Then nothing prevents from saying also, for example :
+>> "Mageia, ideal for music making", with news, screenshots, people 
+>> sharing their experience, howtos...
+>> "Mageia, easy yet powerful on servers", ...
+>>
+>> You said nothing about my concern that Mandriva may be seen only as, 
+>> say, a distribution for education. What about that ?
+>>
+> All purpose means no one knows what the distro wants to do.
+> Making a specific version for education/small business or whatever
+> won't makes the distro seems only focus on one thing, but a proof of
+> full feature OS.
+Don't agree.  A special version will create the impression that it is 
+all that Mageia can do.
+On the other hand, the possibility to select a special group of software 
+(like "young family" or "education") to be installed from the DVD would 
+be very useful.
+>
+> The point is: you have to emphasis something different, not something
+> others also owns/easily achieved/already well-implemented/advertised.
+> I don't agree with the way ubuntu flushing the whole board of different
+> purpose but actually same thing strategy, but it does makes people knows
+> what to choose to fit their need, which is important to makes people
+> accept your product.
+> We do have to find a place in the market slice, or no one would care
+> about who you are. All-purpose is great, but not for people who is 
+> unfamiliar
+> to our distro:
+> It's too vague and not attractive since no one knows your strength.
+> ____
+Strength, you ask ?
+Ease of use -- without sacrificing power and security.
+In my mind, Mandriva is even easier to use and maintain than Microsoft's 
+version of windows, especially if you don't use their office suite.
+And certainly it is easier to use and maintain than most distros.
+
+That doesn't preclude talking about the various uses readily available, 
+especially if there are special installation groups available on the DVD.
+
+- André (andre999)
+