在 Thu, 30 Sep 2010 21:34:26 +0800, Samuel Verschelde
<sto...@laposte.net>寫道:
I don't know whether I agree or not, but I would like to point out that
to me Mandriva is/was et Mageia will/could be a generalist distribution.
Which means :
- suitable for power users (if one can count me in this category,
Mandriva is my desktop of choice)
- suitable for your individuals (My young brother uses Mandriva Linux)
- suitable for community enterprise and for professionnal actors (We've
got more than 400 Mandriva Free servers in production in french
hospitals, and several workstations here)
I know there is a difference between saying that the distro is
"suitable" for something and its marketing targeting , but I still
remember people telling me "Mandriva is a distro for newbies, not for
power users or businesses". I want to avoid this at all prices.
If I were to choose right now, I would say : advertise Mageia as a
generalist distro suitable for many needs just like Mandriva is/was, and
then have specific compaigns to highlight some specific usages : in
educationnal fields, server usage, workstation usage, etc.
I think what Graham want to express is that Mageia got to find her own
position in the market, if we hope Mageia could be better promoted.
Yes, Mageia or Mandrake/Mandriva is for all purpose, but every distro can
be
all-purpose. The point is: There's no distinctive difference toward other
distribution. The failure of Mandriva SA business can be connected to many
factor,
which I believe part of the problem is that the product don't stands out
among competitors. All- purpose is good, but some personality is also
important.
"A distribution for Newbie" is good, but I think what Graham said is
better.
We have to find a specific portion of the market to survive, with something
stands out among other competitors like educational/small business/suited
for...
blah, blah, blah.
Just saying that Mageia can do anything would make new comers wonder:
So, what's the difference Mageia had toward other distribution?
We can still list out what Mageia can do, but some personality is
definitely needed, not just "All-purpose", that's confusing and
would makes Mageia no difference comparing to other distro, since
you can't speak out your major difference in aspect of Market share.
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