Re: Tuxmagazine

2005-05-10 Thread Dave Neary
Hi, Steve George a écrit : Conventional wisdom says you should pick a single segment and concentrate on that one only. Well, let's say at most 2 :) Users = As these are early adoptors the 'power' mantra is a significant factor. GNOME pushes simplicity. So the value should be about being

Re: Tuxmagazine

2005-05-03 Thread Steve George
Hi, This is such a key question, and the answer I think GNOME is giving doesn't make sense to me. The lack of consensus on this issue is what leads to the questions of why GNOME is no fun to hack on anymore and what language people want to use. The mistake of targeting the user group I think

Re: Tuxmagazine

2005-05-03 Thread Murray Cumming
On Tue, 2005-05-03 at 16:07 +0200, Dave Neary wrote: Hi, I'll get onto Denis then. I'll keep in touch with status. So Denis got back to me. He'd be happy to include a GNOME article a month in Linux Pratique. We haven't discussed money yet, or who'd do the translation, or any other

Tuxmagazine

2005-05-02 Thread Glynn Foster
Hey, I'm probably behind the times and this has been discussed already, but there's a new free magazine out, which is probably worth a look - http://www.tuxmagazine.com/ with some interesting little bits to take from it - The fact is, however, that KDE has the largest market share, and

Re: Tuxmagazine

2005-05-02 Thread Dave Neary
Hi, Glynn Foster a écrit : The fact is, however, that KDE has the largest market share, and that means the majority of our readers probably use KDE most, or use only KDE. Is this true, though? Online polls consistently give KDE a 2:1 advantage over GNOME, but that is over the relatively small

Re: Tuxmagazine

2005-05-02 Thread Luis Villa
I'd love to see how they measured market share. :) Someone should write and challenge them for the numbers. Luis On 5/2/05, Dave Neary [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Glynn Foster a écrit : The fact is, however, that KDE has the largest market share, and that means the majority of our

Re: Tuxmagazine

2005-05-02 Thread Glynn Foster
Heya, The fact is, however, that KDE has the largest market share, and that means the majority of our readers probably use KDE most, or use only KDE. Is this true, though? Online polls consistently give KDE a 2:1 advantage over GNOME, but that is over the relatively small customer

Re: Tuxmagazine

2005-05-02 Thread Claus Schwarm
On Mon, 02 May 2005 10:00:12 +0200 Dave Neary [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But it doesn't measure people using a free desktop at work, or in telecenters, or atr school, who may not know they're using linux, and certainly don't browse those sites that run online surveys on whether you're

Re: Tuxmagazine

2005-05-02 Thread Luis Villa
On 5/2/05, Claus Schwarm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 02 May 2005 10:00:12 +0200 Dave Neary [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But it doesn't measure people using a free desktop at work, or in telecenters, or atr school, who may not know they're using linux, and certainly don't browse those