On 10/08/2009 02:54 PM, Máirín Duffy wrote:
On 10/08/2009 02:38 PM, Mike McGrath wrote:
I'm in the view we cannot please everyone all the time. My experiences on
this earth have lead me to believe that is impossible without an infinite
amount of resources. So we have to pick otherwise we have the mob rule we
have now. You're right, our software isn't designed for non-technical
folks. The question is, should it be?
Where we're left is no hope of building a prius. The larger tires and
roll cage being designed by some engineers just won't work with the
smaller more gas efficient engine our other engineers are designing.
If we focus on highly-technical users, which is a totally valid path,
can we achieve our goals as a project?
Great question, actually.
I don't believe we can, tbh. Highly technical users already know the
benefits of FOSS. We don't really need to promote it to them, they
already use FOSS in some manner, most likely.
We'd essentially be competing against other distros for their love. We
need to show people that FOSS can be just as viable for them to use as
commercial software, and to that end, we need to show that to less
technical users, IMHO for FOSS to really become a truly viable choice.
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