Subj : Re: Community
To   : Spectre
From : Boraxman
Date : Sun Oct 09 2022 22:01:00

-=> Spectre wrote to boraxman <=-

 bo> Current Linux desktop market usage, which is a good indication of what
 bo> people choose to use.

 bo> https://itsfoss.com/linux-market-share/

 Sp> But you're choosing a specific niche in which to look at the picture..

Anyway you look at it, there is a niche.

Desktop usage.  It is small, which is represented more by "power users".

For servers, it may dominate, but servers are configured by a small subset of
the popuation.  That decision is made by one profession, a minority of people
in one discipline.  For servers, we have specific purposes.  Again, I think
this fits the definition of niche, it serves specific purposes.

There is nothing wrong with being niche.  Mac OS was seen as one for artists. 
Having a niche can mean success because then people know what it is good for,
what that system does well, who it serves.  This is why Ferrari doesn't make
family station wagons.

And that was simply the point I was making, there is a more defined use-case,
and that focusing on the value-propositions that it offers would lean towards
success more than trying to be everything to everyone at once.
 
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