[Mageia-discuss] Mageia logo proposals and selection

[Marc Paré]

Le 2010-10-16 05:29, Marcello Anni a écrit :
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>> I agree with most everything said
>>
>> However i must add we should not forget the people to whose i count myself:
>> Between geek and non computer literate, who use the system for work, no
>> games, no fancy, but reliability, repairability, and ease of use is
>> essential.
>>
>> Mandriva is perfect for us: easy to set up, powerful and working
> configuration
>> tools... well you know it all.
>> There are actually appearing a range of Linux tech software, here is what i
>> plan to soon add in my electronic workshop:: http://www.saleae.com/home/,
>> http://spec.de/.  I do almost all work in Linux and soon all.  Usability and
>> reliability is what matters for us and Mandriva has it, and so will Mageia,
>> and it should be marketed like this for this segment.
>>
>>
>>       There may be many segments
>>
>> A. The masses who only want "a computer"
>>
>> B. Serious users that want reliable system and *can* do some system
>> configuration but no not want to waste too much time on it. System is a work
>> house, and the user is willing to pay some monetary support, i.e
>> subscription.
>>
>> C. geeks that want to tweak whatever.  May want to participate in
> development.
>>
>> D. Server users: combination of B&C
>>
>> E. Broad installations in schools and offices: combination of A&  B
>>
>> F. Game section is special, together with audio/video editing, streaming,
>> creation etc.  Maybe create someting like artistx, possibly by task-gaming,
>> task-videoedit etc package(s).
>>
>>
>>       We need to find some directions for development
>>
>> For A: broad hardware support, flash live system, good installers, short
>> beautiful manual/guide
>>
>> For B: Keep on building on drak tools, maintain a wealthy forum and wiki.
>>
>> For C: Good system documentation, source code handling, bugzilla, developer
>> channels, developer apprentice guidance
>>
>>
>> Yes i think we can just head on development from where we forked, but work
> on
>> branding, marketing, documentation, communication :)
>>
>> Just make sure we technically actually only have one system that is easily
>> configurable by i.e task-packages!  (the packages can not only change what
>> programs are installed, but also the visual appearance)
>
>
> interesting... graham, can we add this to Target Market page?
>
>
> Marcello
>

We have covered most of these (if not more) on the marketing wiki group 
section. I will take a look at it again to make sure. But, yes, we have 
covered these.

Marc
Marketing team member