[Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

nottRobin robin at robinwinslow.co.uk
Wed Jul 9 10:29:35 UTC 2008


Yeah, good plan.

So how do we make this happen?

2008/7/9 Stephan van Ingen <stephanvaningen at gmail.com>:
> That's a conrete constructive suggestion: *organize this*! If hundreds of
> volunteers spend a few minutes per day being active on such a 'channel' this
> can be revolutionary! :-)
> I join, *show me how*
> 2008/7/9 jawahar <ijawahar at gmail.com>:
>
>> @Ordcestus
>>
>> I am writing from India.
>>
>> I'd like to provide 24x7 free real-time Ubuntu support through  GTalk
>> gadget
>> http://www.google.com/talk/
>>
>> Would you like to join me?
>>
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>> Microsoft has a majority market share
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1
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> Microsoft has a majority market share
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>
> Bug description:
> Microsoft has a majority market share in the new desktop PC marketplace.
> This is a bug, which Ubuntu is designed to fix.
>
> Non-free software is holding back innovation in the IT industry, restricting access to IT to a small part of the world's population and limiting the ability of software developers to reach their full potential, globally. This bug is widely evident in the PC industry.
>
> Steps to repeat:
>
> 1. Visit a local PC store.
>
> What happens:
> 2. Observe that a majority of PCs for sale have non-free software pre-installed.
> 3. Observe very few PCs with Ubuntu and free software pre-installed.
>
> What should happen:
> 1. A majority of the PCs for sale should include only free software like Ubuntu.
> 2. Ubuntu should be marketed in a way such that its amazing features and benefits would be apparent and known by all.
> 3. The system shall become more and more user friendly as time passes.
>

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