On 01/31/2018 at 18:27 Pjotr Prins writes: > On Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 11:58:09AM -0500, myg...@gmail.com wrote: >> To be explicit, I added a couple target groups and indicated the product >> we would pitch with an x ... >> >> | Target Group | Guix | GuixSD | Motivation >> | >> |-----------------------------+------+--------+--------------------------------------| >> | hacker | x | x | scheme, functional, free >> >> | sysadmin & devop | x | ? | make >> user/developer/researcher happy > > I doubt they will use GuixSD unless they have a very specific purpose > in mind, e.g., say for mailserver deployment. Cloud/VMs. It could > work, but I don't think it is a large group we can pitch to.
What about a forward-thinking sysadmin commissioning new systems for a startup? If they know they want Guix is there a reason they wouldn't install GuixSD? > >> | user/developer/researcher | x | | productivity tool > > This is my favorite because they are potential packagers. > >> | generic organizational user | ? | | ? >> | > > Yes, another target group, i.e., the pointy haired boss. Some of these > understand the concept of reducing cost. Here I am thinking of "unsophisticated" users, e.g., someone told to run SAS on a server that is probably not going to actually ever call guix. > >> | desktop distro user | | ? | ? >> | > > Libre desktop user. Yes. > >> |-----------------------------+------+--------+--------------------------------------| > > We also have embedded systems and phones as a potential audience. I > think OpenWRT/LEDE, for example, could buy into Guix. And then there > is Android. If we are able to strip down packages to a minimum that > becomes very interesting to them. OK, so like this ? >> | Target Group | Guix | GuixSD | >> | embedded sys/phone | | x | > > Then we have HPC as a specialization with optimized targets and > relocatable packages. OK, so like this? >> | Target Group | Guix | GuixSD | >> | HPC sysadmin | x | x | optimized targets and >> relocatable packages > > And light containers for webservice/cloud deployments... Is this more detail on HPC or something else entirely? TIA - George
