> -----Original Message----- > From: fedora-marketing-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora- > marketing-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Rahul Sundaram > Sent: Sunday, 5 August 2007 10:44 PM > To: For discussions about marketing and expanding the Fedora user base > Subject: Re: Fedora's mid-life crisis > > Marc Wiriadisastra wrote: > > > I would have thought that the Fedora Board would have considered that > > question and possibly answered it in their own heads. > > It doesn't work that way. When you involve volunteers top down control > is ineffective even if you bring in some balance with a elected model. > In effect, there needs to consensus within the project on some > direction. > I'm a bit inexperienced with that situation personally but I would have thought the whole point of voting leaders to the board is so that they lead? So what does the board do on a strategic level? I'm not meaning to question in a derogatory way but I would have thought the strategic aspect of the board would be to consider these aspects of Fedora and at least try and find solutions to the questions. > . Now people can say it's aimed > > at devs but to me it seems like Fedora is very strong in the server > market > > but on the desktop side of things it doesn't go all the way. Leaving > Codecs > > out of it cause to me that's irrelevant. > > Servers usually need a longer lifecyle to be effective though and > codecs > are a important factor in what you consider a desktop but true we are > not going to be doing proprietary codecs by default. > > > > So I suppose it's back to the question who is Fedora targeting as an > > audience? Should Fedora separate out certain aspects to cater to > certain > > areas? Like coming up with ideas for desktop enhancements and a > group for > > Server enhancements. With the Live-CD's I believe that's a HUGE step > in the > > right direction. > > Right. Live images are a good first step. There has been a number of > discussions on the steps forward. We will have to explore and see. > Nobody has all the answers. > > Rahul > Anything that you can share? I'm quite interested in seeing where Fedora is heading. Cheers, Marc Wiriadisastra -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list
