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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: [REMINDER] KDE 4.0 Milestones
From:       jos poortvliet <jos () mijnkamer ! nl>
Date:       2007-05-08 16:39:41
Message-ID: 200705081839.44834.jos () mijnkamer ! nl
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Op Tuesday 08 May 2007, schreef Aaron J. Seigo:
> On Tuesday 08 May 2007, jos poortvliet wrote:
> > Seeing the persona's (and remembering the presentation Ellen gave), the
> > sentence:
> > "To avoid misunderstandings: KDE will still be an option for educational,
> > governmental or large enterprise usage – but it won't be the main focus
> > when developing the default desktop. KDE as a configurable framework can
> > still be adjusted to meet the needs of any other user base."
> >
> > imho doesn't do KDE justice. It might even be bad for KDE to explicitly
> > say that the corporate, educational and governmetnal desktops are't it's
> > focus, and it has to be adjusted to meet their needs. We even have a
> > poster which
>
> this isn't a marketing piece, it's a set of guidelines for UI development.
> as you note, the persona's include educational and business people that
> show that they are still a focus point.

Well, as I wrote, others can read it too. I don't want to change the focus or 
anything, but the wording might be different... I think it's a great thing to 
focus on more experienced developers, and saying so explicitly is good, but 
we don't want anyone to choose Gnome because KDE doesn't focus on the 
enterprise (while KDE is a better option there, imho at least).

Anyways, these 4 lines won't give me a hartattack, if you think they can't be 
improved, let's finish the discussion and not waste time on it ;-)

Still, what about a link to the usability wiki on techbase? If you agree on 
that one, I'll do it (if it's not already done in the mean time)

> but let's be honest here: it's the progressive and forward thinking
> businesses, governments, etc that make up our user base. they are forward
> thinking either because they are progressive or because they have little
> other choice than to innovate solutions that meet their needs
> (localization, security, monetary, sovereignty, etc).
>
> if you look at the graph that is directly above the paragraph you quote,
> you will see that it's the standard market penetration maturity bit. we're
> entering the early majority phase right now, and that's where kde4 will
> certainly play.
>
> to ignore that because it sounds better to go after "the enterprise"
> (whatever that actually means) will most likely result in chasing after
> users that aren't going to be using kde and missing out on satisfying those
> who are using it today and are most likely to switch in the next 2-5 years.
>
> so if we accept the reality that our big opportunity points are SMB/SME
> environments, the technically minded, etc ... this all makes a whole lot of
> sense.
>
> it's very true that kde can be put to very effective use in the large
> corporate environments, among others. we have the installations to prove
> that. but there's a difference between "it can" and "it's where we do
> best"; betwen "it can" and "that's where our growth is"; between "it can"
> and "that is what we design primarily for".
>
> yes, it's not easy to focus on areas of market because that by definition
> means being willing to focus less on other areas. but trying to cover all
> bases is pretty unrealistic. that said, there are a few projects that i'm
> personally aware of that are bringing features to kde that can only be
> described as "enterprise".
>
> this is about focus, not about either/or.



-- 
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Alles wat ik doe denk en zeg is gebaseerd op het wereldbeeld wat ik nu heb. 
Ik ben niet verantwoordelijk voor wijzigingen van de wereld, of het beeld wat 
ik daarvan heb, noch voor de daaruit voortvloeiende gedragingen van mezelf. 
Alles wat ik zeg is aardig bedoeld, tenzij expliciet vermeld.

Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments.
See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html

     A: Because it destroys the flow of the conversation
     Q: Why is top-posting bad?

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