Le jeudi 30 septembre 2010 à 22:05 +0800, Kira a écrit : > "A distribution for Newbie" is good, but I think what Graham said is > better.
Well, saying "a distribution for newbies" is not as good as it sound. If you market the distribution so people think "if you are a newbie, use this distro", people will think "he use this distribution so he is a newbie". This will drive knowledgeable peoples away to others distribution, because they will feel they will learn more by using another distro ( which is wrong ) and because others peoples will appear as more knowledgeable when they use a distro that is not aimed at newbies. In turn, this mean a diminution of the global expertise in the community. Less expert users to answer to support, less experts users to report bug, fix packages, create softwares or contribute, and to basically teach to new users how to be good community member resulting in less quality, and a less sustainable community. Apple does it correctly. They never say "we target newbie users". See http://www.apple.com//why-mac/ "better computer" "most advanced os" "award winning support" "latest technology" "software you love". Everything resolve around how they are good, not how beginner you can be. Or see http://www.apple.com/why-mac/better-os/ they say "it is easy", but they never say "it is easy and can be used by a newbie". They say "it is easy and you will learn how to use it fast", which is more positive. And so I think we should also try to avoid this pitfall, right from the start, if we want to have a thriving sustainable community. -- Michael Scherer _______________________________________________ Mageia-dev mailing list [email protected] https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev
