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[opensuse-project] Strategy sucks
- From: Andreas Jaeger <aj@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 11:30:48 +0200
- Message-id: <201009091130.48876.aj@xxxxxxxxxx>
Hi all,
Over the last weeks there has been a lot of disussion, both internally and
externally, about the strategies which have been proposed. However, we also
missed a lot of voices from our community. We take responsibility for leaving
many of you behind by focusing on a very corporate-management solution to the
initial question which prompted this process. A question we think still is
relevant: The identity of openSUSE both as a Community and as a Project.
Initially our goal was to answer: “Who is openSUSE and what does it (want to)
do?” prompted by the discussion about the default desktop at the openSUSE
conference last year. In five years the openSUSE project has evolved from a
fully company-driven project to a communty project where everybody can
contribute. This has brought uncertainty and a lack of direction. The current
lack of a clear ‘story behind it all’ is hampering our ability to establish a
common identity and sense of security. From a marketing point of view, it
becomes an uphill battle…
Throughout the process, we consulted some people and the discussion about a
strategy started with the goal to solve this issue. However, many feel that
‘strategy’ and the approach to find one is not fitting our community. We lost
most of you in the second paragraph of the strategy pages on the wiki – too
much talk.
We would like to go back to the start and focus on describing who we are, as a
community, instead of finding new ways to go. The input you all have given us
by mail, forums, IRC and in person was valuable and we will use that. So that
is what we will do:
* Highlight the story behind openSUSE
* Identify what users we target and illustrate what we offer to them,
* Connect it with the issues that matter most to our community
And then we will document this story, image, direction, strategy – or however
your call it ;) .
From you all – we will continue to seek your input on it once we post it. By
mail, forum, IRC or in person – again. Without your help it won’t be much, so
please think about that!
Greetings,
Your strategy team
P.S. Also posted at http://news.opensuse.org/2010/09/03/strategy-sucks/
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Twitter: jaegerandi | Identica: jaegerandi
SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg)
Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany
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Over the last weeks there has been a lot of disussion, both internally and
externally, about the strategies which have been proposed. However, we also
missed a lot of voices from our community. We take responsibility for leaving
many of you behind by focusing on a very corporate-management solution to the
initial question which prompted this process. A question we think still is
relevant: The identity of openSUSE both as a Community and as a Project.
Initially our goal was to answer: “Who is openSUSE and what does it (want to)
do?” prompted by the discussion about the default desktop at the openSUSE
conference last year. In five years the openSUSE project has evolved from a
fully company-driven project to a communty project where everybody can
contribute. This has brought uncertainty and a lack of direction. The current
lack of a clear ‘story behind it all’ is hampering our ability to establish a
common identity and sense of security. From a marketing point of view, it
becomes an uphill battle…
Throughout the process, we consulted some people and the discussion about a
strategy started with the goal to solve this issue. However, many feel that
‘strategy’ and the approach to find one is not fitting our community. We lost
most of you in the second paragraph of the strategy pages on the wiki – too
much talk.
We would like to go back to the start and focus on describing who we are, as a
community, instead of finding new ways to go. The input you all have given us
by mail, forums, IRC and in person was valuable and we will use that. So that
is what we will do:
* Highlight the story behind openSUSE
* Identify what users we target and illustrate what we offer to them,
* Connect it with the issues that matter most to our community
And then we will document this story, image, direction, strategy – or however
your call it ;) .
From you all – we will continue to seek your input on it once we post it. By
mail, forum, IRC or in person – again. Without your help it won’t be much, so
please think about that!
Greetings,
Your strategy team
P.S. Also posted at http://news.opensuse.org/2010/09/03/strategy-sucks/
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Andreas Jaeger, Program Manager openSUSE, aj@{novell.com,opensuse.org}
Twitter: jaegerandi | Identica: jaegerandi
SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg)
Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany
GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126
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