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Who is the customer? (Score:1)
One facet of market research (really, product marketing) is identifying the target customers and how well the product serves their needs.
I suspect one part of the echo chamber problem you describe is that few people seem to be explicit about who the customer might be and what they need. One facet of market research (really, product marketing) is identifying the target customer and how well the product serves their needs.
Perl has several "customers" to consider. A non-exhaustive list might include:
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This is an excellent point and one I've been considering. In order to define the customer, we need to understand what we're trying to do. In other words, once we have a goal defined, we can better understand who are customers actually are and thus know who we need to potentially gather data from. My goal is this (and when we get a group together, perhaps this will change):
If that goal is acceptable, then we can better
Re:Who is the customer? (Score:1)
Regarding "what we're trying to do", see my recent blog post: What do you want Perl 5 to be? [dagolden.com]
-- dagolden [dagolden.com]
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