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[Jaanus Heeringson <jaanus AT heeringson.com>]

Mathieu L wrote:

> Sorry if I'm way out of here but I don't really understand why a marketing 
> plan is needed?
> I had the impression that new users come regularly and then some of them 
> slowly but surely eventually become devs...
> Isn't that true? and if it's true, isn't that the researched goal?
> I understand that there may be some hosting problems as it's also discussed 
> at the moment but besides that I didn't see any problems with the way 
> SourceMage is growing and developping...
> Actually I'm even impressed how fast it is improving but perhaps it's because 
> I was using Debian before ;).
> Could you enlight me about that please?
>  
One good reason is this, straight from the webpage 
(http://sourcemage.org/info/help/needs.html):
"At the current moment, our biggest need is people. We need more 
Grimoire Gurus, Sorcery Hackers (bash scripters), and Security Team 
members. If you find any of those positions to interest you, then look 
at the many ways you can join us 
<http://www.sourcemage.org/info/help/join.html>."

For my own reasons bringing this up:
1. I am a little worried about sourcemage since I feel that we may not 
yet have achived a critical mass. What I mean is that the project is 
still vulnerable and might take some heavy/lethal damage if cretain key 
individuals leave. There is simply not enogh people available to fill 
vacated spaces. I don't like this feeling when I'm deploying servers 
with SMGL. I'm sure this also is true for other people who use SMGL 
commercially.
2. There is simply is not enough people to even fill the vacant slots.
3. Quality. This is a sensitive issue, so please be objective and don't 
take offense. Selecting 1 out of 100 people to fill a vacant slot 
instead of 1 out of 5 probably results in a better suited individual 
getting appointed.
4. More end users: 1000 people reporting bugs is better than 100.
5. Ego, we all have it. Running a larger, more well known distro is 
probably more attractive.
6. This is one area where I can do my share :)

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