To hopefully kick off some discussion on this so we can reply to Ryan and Mairin here is some initial thoughts from me: --- Original Message ----- > From: "Ryan Lerch" <rlerch@xxxxxxxxxx> > To: "Discussions about development for the Fedora desktop" <desktop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2014 3:55:28 PM > Subject: Re: Fedora.next Product Branding > > On Thu 14 Nov 2013 04:26:33 PM EST, Ryan Lerch wrote: > > *This is sent with my Fedora Design Team hat on* > > > > With the creation of 3 products for Fedora, the Fedora Design Team > > anticipates manynewquestions aroundFedora'sbrand. As the main > > caretakers of the Fedora brand, weare going to have to figure these > > things out within the next few months. For example, the Design Team is > > starting to think about how to answer these types of questions: > > > > • Should each product have its own logo? or > > • Can you add our product to the Fedora website? or > > • Can you make our product its own website? (How should we represent > > these products on the website? Should we allow products to have their > > own separate websites?) > > > > To start off the rebranding discussion, the Fedora Design Teamhas4 > > basic questions for each of the 3 product-focused working groups to > > answer: Here are my suggestions to what we can answer here: > > (1) What problem does your product solve, in one sentence? Make computers be a more productive tool for our target audience > > (2) Who is the target audience for your product, in one sentence? While all users are welcome are tailoring our experience towards being the leading operating system for developers and sysadmins. > > (3) List at least 5 products that successfully target the same target > > audience you are after. MacOS X, Windows, Ubuntu. (Don't really think there are anyone else) > > (4) List at least 5 products that try to solve the same problem. I don't know how to usefully answer this question, I noticed that Stephen Galagher answered a slightly different question (List at least 5 products that successfully target the same target, which is a bit easier to answer: O'Reilly books, Apple hardware, The Big Bang Theory. I was also thinking about Jolt Cola and Wired Magazine, but I am not sure how popular either still is. > > We are reaching out to each group individually to ask that you discuss > > these questions and come back to us with answers by Wednesday, > > December 4th2013. > > > > cheers, > > ryanlerch > > > > > > Hi all, > > the fedora design team is looping back on this at the moment. > > what is the best way for us as a team to answer these questions? > > cheers, > ryanlerch > -- > desktop mailing list > desktop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop -- desktop mailing list desktop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop
