On 06/01/2011 11:38 μμ, Helen wrote:
Well I've already written the short version, so there's some text
there, maybe it's useful maybe not.
I'm not going to spend too much time on beginner users, since they are
not our target market, though I agree that some background on license,
antivirus and so on is a good idea.
I don't deal well with endless stragetgy and meetings. Give me a task
to do and I get it done if I can.
Helen
I totally disagree with Helen,
Beginner users ARE our target market.
1. Microsoft wants beginner users so they have them addicted to their
products. I think they're not focus on the server products as much as
they care about programs for the mass. Until now their marketing on that
is more than 100% success.
2. Beginner user doesn't care if the OS is with a green Start button,
blue bar and meadow background. He/she cares to have a PC that will use
to be productive (we focus on end user and not web administrator). Also
cares weather he/she doesn't have to search for the software and the
crack of the software (licences etc). Until now (I heard) that only
Apple does that. You open your PC and you work.
3. Advance users, don't need us to make flyers with a nice text on them.
They already know what openSUSE is all about and they already decide if
openSUSE or any other distro is the best for them.
Well, that was one of many reasons I didn't fit with Greek Fedora
community. They were searching for contributors and not end users. Until
now, Greek openSUSE community joined events based on promotion of
openSUSE to beginner users (either on Linux or advanced windows users
that use cracked software).
Why don't we focus to flyers for schools? The kids are the next
generations of computer users and admins.
Ubuntu in Greece is based on users. That's why they rule here, although
they only joined 2-3 of tech events during the past year (they didn't
make release party for 10.04 or 10.10).
Anyways, those are some of my thoughts.
Stathis
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