Desktop phase 2 - the enterprise compliance bar is the minimum; build a desktop the team would want to use

Situation

At the Reno onsite desktop session Nathan laid out phase 1 (RLC Pro only, stock GNOME, ship before fiscal year end to check the box for the waiting customers) and phase 2 (an opinionated desktop). Peter framed phase 1 as existing only to check the box and said CIQ should get out of supporting it quickly. When Brady said the user experience matters only insofar as the paying company is satisfied, Peter said that is the minimum bar, and he wants the team to build a product they would want to use themselves - in phase 2.

Reasoning

Confirmed by Peter (logged from the weak batch). Restates and sharpens the 10/16 and 10/21 desktop decisions: compliance and hardware support are the floor, not the target; the opinionated desktop has to be good enough that engineers would choose it.

Additional Context

Brady Dibble presented the enterprise-buyer view remotely; Nathan Blackham ran the session.

Observed Evidence

Repeated aloud by Nathan for the room; Peter speech in a room recording.

Confidence Breakdown

Reasoning Depth Analysis