From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: myglc2@gmail.com Subject: Re: website: say what Guix is at the very top Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2018 13:11:23 -0500 Message-ID: <86607h7vas.fsf@gmail.com> References: <87r2qm3rfv.fsf@gnu.org> <87r2qj1d6o.fsf@elephly.net> <87a7x31gm6.fsf@gnu.org> <86372sdxz0.fsf@gmail.com> <87h8r71dp9.fsf@gnu.org> <867es3cgeq.fsf@gmail.com> <87bmhet0hc.fsf@elephly.net> <86zi4xb8tk.fsf@gmail.com> <20180129073718.GA32294@thebird.nl> <86h8r26k4e.fsf@gmail.com> <20180131172717.GA17794@thebird.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:53603) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1egwr5-0003lE-9k for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 31 Jan 2018 13:11:32 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1egwqz-0006Do-Iu for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 31 Jan 2018 13:11:31 -0500 Received: from mail-qk0-x230.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400d:c09::230]:33467) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1egwqz-0006DD-DA for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 31 Jan 2018 13:11:25 -0500 Received: by mail-qk0-x230.google.com with SMTP id i141so15920025qke.0 for ; Wed, 31 Jan 2018 10:11:25 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20180131172717.GA17794@thebird.nl> (Pjotr Prins's message of "Wed, 31 Jan 2018 18:27:17 +0100") List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: Pjotr Prins Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org, sirgazil 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? > >> | 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