[Ambassadors] It doesn't really matter if Fedora is the 2º most used Linux system

[Antonio Trande]

Christoph Wickert wrote:
> Am Sonntag, den 27.11.2011, 11:37 -0100 schrieb Nuno Rodrigues
> Rodrigues:
>
>> I have some good news for everyone who is envolved on Fedora:
>>
>>
>>
>> "According to the site DistroWatch, [...]
> These numbers mean nothing. Distrowatch just counts how often the
> description of a distribution is clicked. This doesn't say anything
> about the numbers of installs or users.
>
> We have way better numbers at https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Statistics
> or http://smolts.org/static/stats/stats.html but unfortunately other
> distributions don't have something to compare.
>
>> We need to continue working on Fedora for continue because we are so
>> close to the first place. People know that Fedora have what they need
>> as ambassadors and we must pass on those.
> Fedora does not strive to become the most used distro. Instead, we are
> working on emerging technology and technical excellence. We are the
> leader in Free and Open Source software because we have the biggest
> impact on the whole ecosystem. Other distributions now switch to
> technology we developed and used for years.
>
> If we get more users, that's fine, but what we really want is more
> contributors to extend our technological lead. Sure, a larger user base
> means more potential contributors, but it's not that simple:
>       1. Users must be willing to participate. Ubuntu and others have
>          always tried to be easy to use for newbies, but as these people
>          hardly contribute back, they have gained nothing.
>       2. We need to make it easier to get involved in Fedora. If people
>          decide they want to contribute, we need to offer them a chance
>          to participate in a way that suits their needs and their skills.
>          Even if we want the latest and the greatest technology, we must
>          not focus only on geeky developers. Instead we must give
>          everybody something to do in Fedora, whether it is testing,
>          marketing, design, packaging, translations or something else.
>
> The real success of Fedora cannot be measured in the number of users but
> in the number of contributions to the whole Linux ecosystem and I wish
> that all ambassadors understand this message and spread it.
>
> Last but not least: Lets not argue or compete with other distributions
> about stupid numbers, let's all work together to make more and better
> Free software!
>
> Regards,
> Christoph
>
>
> P.S.: @everybody: If you are still posting HTML mail with full quotes,
> please take a moment to read
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines - thanks!
>
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+1

At last a something well-advised according to fedoraproject policies !

Best regard.

-- 
Antonio Trande
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