| 23 Jul 2021 |
 David Arnold (blaggacao) | (so she doesn't have to) | 03:48:13 |
 matthewcroughan - nix.zone | I think we can use that in marketing to great effect, either way. | 03:48:15 |
 davidak | i think in long term perspective for a future where 90% of all linux systems run nixos, because it's just superior | 03:48:31 |
| David Arnold (blaggacao) | In reply to @blaggacao:matrix.org
(so she doesn't have to) This opens up for a follow your trusted sysadmin social model. | 03:48:43 |
| David Arnold (blaggacao) | Like social trading | 03:48:48 |
| davidak | stable, reliable, with many options | 03:48:50 |
| matthewcroughan - nix.zone | Well, it's path of least resistance. NixOS will take over for one reason, maintainability. | 03:48:55 |
| David Arnold (blaggacao) | * Like social stock trading | 03:49:09 |
| matthewcroughan - nix.zone | So as other distributions crumble under the weight of software packages they have to maintain, we may be left standing with some of the more complex interactions. | 03:49:21 |
| matthewcroughan - nix.zone | We may be the only people able to offer complex configurations that don't murder the system environment. | 03:50:00 |
| David Arnold (blaggacao) | So let's postulate another user persona, the one that you had in mind davidak | 03:50:10 |
| matthewcroughan - nix.zone | Since software is definitely getting more complex over time, and it seems package management is getting worse. | 03:50:13 |
| matthewcroughan - nix.zone | Nix is a slightly better way to do systems at first, and a much better way later. But because the reward is not immediate, it is hard to sell. | 03:51:09 |
| David Arnold (blaggacao) | In reply to @matthewcroughan:defenestrate.it
Nix is a slightly better way to do systems at first, and a much better way later. But because the reward is not immediate, it is hard to sell. My wife wouldn't even care. | 03:51:32 |
| David Arnold (blaggacao) | * My wife wouldn't even care. But you are right. | 03:51:43 |
| matthewcroughan - nix.zone | Just using Linux at all gives you a whole host of benefits. To be told that NixOS is even better doesn't even make sense to most people. | 03:51:52 |
| matthewcroughan - nix.zone | It is incredibly hard to comprehend how something can be better than any other Linux distro, because LInux itself is already so good. | 03:52:07 |
| matthewcroughan - nix.zone | It takes a lot of understanding. | 03:52:15 |
| matthewcroughan - nix.zone | This is why I think it makes the most sense to market towards those people who have this understanding rather than those who don't. | 03:52:39 |
| David Arnold (blaggacao) | But often time, things "don't work TM". Under stress and load, with deadlines, you probably prefer windoes? | 03:52:49 |
| David Arnold (blaggacao) | * But often time, things "don't work TM". Under stress and load, with deadlines, you probably prefer Windows? | 03:53:10 |
| davidak | In reply to @blaggacao:matrix.org
My wife wouldn't even care. But you are right. and that's the point. and she is right | 03:53:17 |
| matthewcroughan - nix.zone | Well, even people who are using Linux, developing for Linux, etc, are using MacOS as their work machine. | 03:53:17 |
| David Arnold (blaggacao) | In reply to @matthewcroughan:defenestrate.it
This is why I think it makes the most sense to market towards those people who have this understanding rather than those who don't. This is a good point, maybe we can't cater Fulanita Perez. | 03:53:42 |
| David Arnold (blaggacao) | * This is a good point, maybe we can't cater Fulanita Perez (nice of Jon Doe). | 03:53:58 |
| matthewcroughan - nix.zone | NixOS is going to handle itself on the user side, IMO. The community is growing, it has a cult following, it's going to get bigger. I don't think it's a big worry. | 03:54:02 |
| matthewcroughan - nix.zone | The bigger worry is how we get serious in business. | 03:54:09 |
| matthewcroughan - nix.zone | Getting companies to respect Nix as a tool. | 03:54:28 |
| David Arnold (blaggacao) | Wuality! | 03:54:31 |
| David Arnold (blaggacao) | * Quality! | 03:54:36 |
