From: Pjotr Prins <pjotr.public12@thebird.nl>
To: myglc2@gmail.com
Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org, sirgazil <lizagris@protonmail.com>
Subject: Re: website: say what Guix is at the very top
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2018 19:13:46 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180131181346.GA18066@thebird.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <86607h7vas.fsf@gmail.com>
On Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 01:11:23PM -0500, myglc2@gmail.com wrote:
> On 01/31/2018 at 18:27 Pjotr Prins writes:
>
> > On Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 11:58:09AM -0500, myglc2@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?
Could be.
> >
> >> | 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.
Yes. But the pointy haired boss may read about saving time and money
and call for trying out 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 |
It will be a migration path. I was thinking Guix packages. But when we
have lean packages GuixSD becomes an option, indeed.
> >
> > 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
Not GuixSD. HPC will run CentOS or similar.
> > And light containers for webservice/cloud deployments...
>
> Is this more detail on HPC or something else entirely?
I think it is something else. More business oriented. Think Amazon.
HPC is not ready to accept containers on a large scale.
Pj.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-01-31 18:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 40+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-01-17 17:30 website: say what Guix is at the very top Ricardo Wurmus
2018-01-17 18:08 ` Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
2018-01-19 8:04 ` Ricardo Wurmus
2018-01-21 17:11 ` Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
2018-01-19 6:09 ` George myglc2 Clemmer
2018-01-19 7:42 ` Ricardo Wurmus
2018-01-19 13:32 ` Ludovic Courtès
2018-01-19 20:35 ` myglc2
2018-01-21 14:47 ` Ricardo Wurmus
2018-01-24 5:54 ` myglc2
2018-01-24 14:24 ` Oleg Pykhalov
2018-01-24 14:22 ` Ludovic Courtès
2018-01-26 23:03 ` myglc2
2018-01-27 16:14 ` Ludovic Courtès
2018-01-27 18:20 ` myglc2
2018-01-27 21:59 ` Pjotr Prins
2018-01-28 16:24 ` Ricardo Wurmus
2018-01-29 4:14 ` myglc2
2018-01-29 7:37 ` Pjotr Prins
2018-01-29 21:31 ` Cook, Malcolm
2018-01-29 22:20 ` Ricardo Wurmus
2018-01-29 22:24 ` Cook, Malcolm
2018-01-30 1:03 ` Ricardo Wurmus
2018-01-30 22:17 ` myglc2
2018-01-30 1:43 ` George myglc2 Clemmer
2018-01-30 2:56 ` Ricardo Wurmus
2018-01-30 7:31 ` Pjotr Prins
2018-01-30 7:46 ` Pjotr Prins
2018-01-31 16:58 ` myglc2
2018-01-31 17:27 ` Pjotr Prins
2018-01-31 18:11 ` myglc2
2018-01-31 18:13 ` Pjotr Prins [this message]
2018-01-28 0:35 ` Chris Marusich
2018-01-22 7:04 ` Chris Marusich
2018-01-22 16:43 ` myglc2
2018-03-16 7:14 ` Pjotr Prins
2018-01-24 14:19 ` Ludovic Courtès
2018-01-28 0:33 ` Chris Marusich
2018-01-28 21:58 ` Ludovic Courtès
2018-01-29 2:08 ` Chris Marusich
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