On Mon, 17 Jul 2017 10:10:16 -0400 Matthew Miller <mattdm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > We could look at starting a new brand. But, I don't think your > Harley-Davidson analogy applies, because we're not using this to break > into a new market. We're using this to make sure that we remain > relevant as the market we are in changes. Except the whole market isn't changing. It is just a new niche opening up. It's like Gnome3 deciding to convert the desktop interface for mobile, creating a hybrid that tries to satisfy both, but hits the sweet spot for neither. They would have been better off with a new product targeted at mobiles exclusively, called maybe goblin or pixie, while retaining their old brand, gnome2, to satisfy existing desktop users who were happy with the paradigm embodied in that brand. > Let's take the current shift > to electric cars as a branding analogy — GM *could* have gone with a > whole new name, but instead we have the Chevrolet Volt. (And Nissan > Leaf. And Ford is even reusing the "Focus" name.) > > I think this matches our current and upcoming challenge more closely. I think you are agreeing with him. GM didn't convert the chevy malibu to electric. They created a new brand. People who want an IC malibu still can buy one, and know it isn't going to be electric tomorrow, leaving them high and dry. And those who want to dip a toe into the Ecar market, can try it out from a brand they trust. Just like the soap analogy. In my opinion, the equivalent for fedora would be to create a new spin called gatsby or homburg that uses flatpaks. Maybe one waxes and one wanes. Or maybe there is a fork. But what is being discussed now is making an all or nothing bet on a new technology. Once rpm is ripped out of fedora, it won't be coming back, in practical terms. There's a burning the ships sort of appeal in that approach, but it isn't the most prudent path from an expected value perspective. _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
