On Thu, Oct 08, 2009 at 04:51:20PM -0400, Christopher Aillon wrote: > 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. Right. The Fedora *Project* wants to concentrate on nurturing contributors. That does not mean the distribution we produce and tout should be designed to preach to the choir. Recalling the pyramid diagram: Making a smaller pyramid base -- made up of the people we the Project hope to interest by putting out a product every six months -- does not further our goal. Nor does it improve our chances of igniting people's imaginations so they want to move up the pyramid from the base to the tip. Paul _______________________________________________ fedora-advisory-board mailing list fedora-advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-advisory-board
