Re: Tuxmagazine

[Dave Neary <dneary free fr>]

Hi,

Steve George a écrit :
> Conventional wisdom says you should pick a single segment and
> concentrate on that one only.

Well, let's say at most 2 :)

> Users
> =====
> As these are early adoptors the 'power' mantra is a significant
> factor.  GNOME pushes simplicity.  So the value should be about being
> 'powerful enough to do what you want, simple enough to be usable'
> similar to the 'simple things are easy, hard things are possible'.

I think this is a fundamental misunderstanding of where GNOME has its 
biggest market opportunity. GNOME is not for tuners. GNOME is the 
desktop that doesn't get in the way when you want to get some work done. 
And more and more, power users I know are looking for that from a 
desktop. These are the über-geeks who are buying macs en-masse. We want 
them dual booting Ubuntu. Or keeping their PCs with GNOME on them.

I know that I like using GNOME, because I don't have to think about it. 
I don't need to spend a weekend after I install it getting everything 
just the way I like it.

> As we specifically want users who are active then you can push the
> freedom, community and involvement aspects of the project.

Sure, some of these aspects can figure in a campaign, but I don't think 
they should be the central element.

> It would be interesting to see what particular qualities of GNOME
> actual normal users like!

I really think it's "Elegant, easy to learn, easy to use".

Cheers,
Dave.

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David Neary
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