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<H1>[Mageia-marketing] Mageia product naming/scoping</H1>
<B>Patricia Fraser</B>
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<I>Wed Mar 23 20:55:31 CET 2011</I>
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<PRE>Hi,
<LOUD REMINDER ABOUT MEETING TOMORROW TO ANYONE READING THIS!!>
Sorry 8-).
><i> > Okay - understood. Then, maybe, we name it according to the kind
</I>><i> > of installation rather than something confusing, and we have a
</I>><i> > way for a new user - I'm thinking new-to-Linux as much as
</I>><i> > new-to-Mageia - to discover a) what each of them means *and* b)
</I>><i> > which of them will suit this user at the moment. A "what does
</I>><i> > each one do" set of information and a "which one do I want" set
</I>><i> > of information.
</I>><i>
</I>><i> Yes. Simple.
</I>><i>
</I>><i> So that would make:
</I>><i> * Mageia 1 DVD (32 or 64bit)
</I>><i> * Mageia 1 dual arch CD
</I>><i> * Mageia 1 netinstall CD
</I>><i> * Mageia 1 LiveCD (32, 64bit, locale specific)
</I>><i> * Mageia 1 Mobile (for an equivalent to Flash)
</I>><i>
</I>><i> that we can explain in a download/selection page depending on the
</I>><i> intended uses, with a set of default download made available in one
</I>><i> click (typically, that could be the 32bit LiveCD or dualarch CD).
</I>
Sounds great. Now if we can just organise an extra 8 hours in the
day, I'll start writing some of the docs... 8-)
Is the doc team doing anything yet? Sorry, I don't really look at a
lot of the activity outside of marcomms/artwork.
><i> > It would be good to name Mageia releases/iterations/flavours in a
</I>><i> > way that says to the newcomer: "this is for you! We hope you like
</I>><i> > it!" and even "if you like it, maybe you'll join us?"
</I>><i>
</I>><i> Definitely yes. That could be "platform"; although, speaking of
</I>><i> "Mageia platform" may refer to the project itself, the
</I>><i> infrastructure, or the end-product-distribution. Hence maybe the
</I>><i> need to consider a product-focused" name in the future, distinct
</I>><i> from "Mageia" (that would be the project's name).
</I>
How about words like: issue, release, volume...? Platform is easy to
confuse with hardware, and distribution would include everything we
release, ne?
><i> >> Yes! To find the right balance, and delivering it as a useful,
</I>><i> >> clear, to the point doc, still attractive and welcoming. We can
</I>><i> >> do it. We can do it. There's a lot to learn from Rails and
</I>><i> >> similar modern web dev tools online documentation that is far
</I>><i> >> ahead.
</I>><i> >
</I>><i> > Documentation is often the poor relation, but it's the place where
</I>><i> > makers talk to users; it's the place where we can be the most
</I>><i> > welcoming - like a gateway into the community. Worth doing.
</I>><i>
</I>><i> Totally agree. I would hope that we get to the point of having
</I>><i> something like <A HREF="http://developer.mozilla.org/">http://developer.mozilla.org/</A> equivalent for the
</I>><i> developer/technical contributor side and st equivalent for
</I>><i> users/newcomers.
</I>
Yep - and maybe a portal-ish front page that lets people find their
way to the appropriate spot, which can change as time goes by!
Cheers,
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