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

[nottRobin]

@Vadim Peretokin
You mean get companies to write proprietary software for Linux? (Like
how ID software made Quake for Linux).

That's going to be controversial... More below:

@ Simon Lugi
Don't be put off by Allen. He's obviously just got offended by
something you said. Maybe cos you called him a geek (which we clearly
all are).

I don't think your comments were out of touch - and telling anyone
their comments are out of touch is entirely counter-productive with
what we're trying to do here - which should be to get as many people's
honest opinions and ideas as possible. You do make some very good
points (while I don't entirely understand the four Ps).

You are entirely right that most people (technology enthusiasts aside)
see computers as a tool to solve whatever their personal or company's
problems are, and so we are going to need to show that Ubuntu is a
viable solution and user-friendly for people working in all different
sectors.

You can argue that people don't switch cos they haven't heard of
Linux. And that might apply to some. But I know loads of people, all
of whom I have tried to persuade to use Ubuntu - and they ask whether
it can do what they want it to:
 - will it run all my hardware? - mostly. But probably with a bit of
effort on your part
 - does it have any bugs? - unfortunately yes. But if you put in the
effort you can work around most of them
- can I play games? - a few - but none of the cutting edge ones.
This is not a particularly attractive prospect to them.

Gaming is a huge area that Linux has never been that strong in - and,
I think, a massive reason why people don't want to switch (this
certainly applies to most of my housemates). You can argue that this
is just because software houses don't bother to write games for Linux,
and if we had a larger market share they would. But there's also the
issue that (from what I've heard - correct me if I'm wrong) DirectX is
vastly superior to OpenGL - one of the few good things Microsoft has
actually produced.

So maybe if we did get more software houses on board with Linux, they
would not only create games for us, but hopefully use their expertise
to improve OpenGL and make it more competitive.

Sorry Simon, I got off topic slightly. The point is, I agree with you.
We need to very deliberately get a foot in the door in as many
different sectors as possible.

However, it would be more useful if you could think of some plausible
ways in which we could do this.

Robin.

2008/7/12 Simon Lugi <simon.lugi at gmail.com>:
> Allen
> Thanks for your gracious comments and I apologise if my earlier comments offended you and anyone else. They  were not meant that way. I also apolgise for writing such a poorly constructed message. Judging from your comments the message I was trying to get over was quite obviously not clear.
> Thanks again for your comments I have taken them on board. It is clear I am way out of my depth here so will spare you all further useless dialog.
>
> Simon
>
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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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