For those who didn't attend the meeting last night, we talked a little about
the idea of producing a linux focused TV Show. From that discussion we
decided that the best thing to-do would be to have the main part of the
discussion through the mail list.
So, here it is...
Firstly, I think we need to decide who our target audience is. This morning
I came up with notion that generally, users can be broken into several
groups.
The first group are novice users. These are people who use a computer, but
the concept of an operating system or the idea that windows isn't just "part
of the system" and not removable is alien.
The second group is "advanced" users. I think most of us would fall into
this group. We understand OS's, hardware, software and all the digital glue
that holds it together.
The third group is educational users. These would be people who work in
some education institution and they're interest in linux would be from the
standpoint of deploying it for cost savings and/or using it as an education
tool for teaching.
The forth group would be corporate suit types. These are the people who
read the trade rags, but don't have a clear understanding of what linux.
They've read lots of conflicting FUD on the subject and aren't sure how
linux could be used in they're environment or what the real TCO would be.
Personally, I think we should go after groups 1-3. The reason I'm not too
worried about the fourth type is that now that redhat had decided that
they're going to go full force into the enterprise environment, they'll be
busy spending lots of PR dollars convincing the suits.
What do people think. Also, if it is the consensus that we should focus on
groups 1-3, should we narrow our focus even more?
Thanks,
Tim.
