[Mageia-marketing] Mageia product naming/scoping

Wed Mar 23 16:24:53 CET 2011

Hi Patricia (re-cc'ing the list),
+
+On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 22:46, Patricia Fraser <trish at thefrasers.org> wrote:
+> We maybe don't need the website right this minute, but we need all
+> the time between now and release day for Mageia 1, to put things in
+> place - so it makes sense to talk about it now and plan for it.
+
+Yes of course.
+
+> Okay - understood. Then, maybe, we name it according to the kind of
+> installation rather than something confusing, and we have a way for
+> a new user - I'm thinking new-to-Linux as much as new-to-Mageia - to
+> discover a) what each of them means *and* b) which of them will suit
+> this user at the moment. A "what does each one do" set of information
+> and a "which one do I want" set of information.
+
+Yes. Simple.
+
+So that would make:
+ * Mageia 1 DVD (32 or 64bit)
+ * Mageia 1 dual arch CD
+ * Mageia 1 netinstall CD
+ * Mageia 1 LiveCD (32, 64bit, locale specific)
+ * Mageia 1 Mobile (for an equivalent to Flash)
+
+that we can explain in a download/selection page depending on the
+intended uses, with a set of default download made available in one
+click (typically, that could be the 32bit LiveCD or dualarch CD).
+
+> It would be good to name Mageia releases/iterations/flavours in a
+> way that says to the newcomer: "this is for you! We hope you like it!"
+> and even "if you like it, maybe you'll join us?"
+
+Definitely yes. That could be "platform"; although, speaking of
+"Mageia platform" may refer to the project itself, the infrastructure,
+or the end-product-distribution. Hence maybe the need to consider a
+product-focused" name in the future, distinct from "Mageia" (that
+would be the project's name).
+
+>> Yes! To find the right balance, and delivering it as a useful,
+>> clear, to the point doc, still attractive and welcoming. We can do
+>> it. We can do it. There's a lot to learn from Rails and similar
+>> modern web dev tools online documentation that is far ahead.
+>
+> Documentation is often the poor relation, but it's the place where
+> makers talk to users; it's the place where we can be the most
+> welcoming - like a gateway into the community. Worth doing.
+
+Totally agree. I would hope that we get to the point of having
+something like http://developer.mozilla.org/ equivalent for the
+developer/technical contributor side and st equivalent for
+users/newcomers.
+
+Romain
+