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

[Allen Graham]

Good post Iain !!!
The problem is not "lack of interest" to that we could add: "in what" ?
My friends who visit me here, in Mazatlan Mexico have no choice but to use
my Ubuntu laptop, do they complain, not once ! Oh they miss the blue screen
of death, but...
They notice that it's quicker, easier, but figure that I've "tricked it out
".  (No)
Everyone has been a 'mature' user, with me so far ?
No one plays games, just get their email, pay a few bills, check the news
and weather, make reservations and phone on Skype.
Games involve patents !  We are all up against the world's biggest patent
hog and troll !  So there !
Several developed a keen interest in Ubuntu, not Linux..  Ok that's a start,
but  let's look at the fragmented world of Linux. Little cohesion, we're all
independent people, not mindless zombies.
Perhaps the real solution lies with free and open source sofware FOSS.
Patent free software. Or we could spend over a billion USD dollars each year
promoting Linux and fighting the patent war.
The best flagship for attacking this problem lies here:
GROKLAW<http://www.groklaw.net/index.php>

Join in, help in a positive way,  thanks,
Allen

On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 2:51 PM, tinivole <iainbuclaw at gmx.co.uk> wrote:

> I've just committed a fix.
>
> We must aim to be a leading provider for the younger generation.
>
> I have a huge family of brothers ranging from 10 to 20.
>
> And tests have shown these results:
> Brother 1 at the age of 20 is disinterested in Linux and/or Technology
> altogether..
> Brother 2 at the age of 16 thinks Linux is a load of crap, and loves his
> WIndows Box.
> Brother 3 at the age of 15 gives a slight moral interest towards Linux,
> but will never switch.
> Brother 4 at the age of 13 Plays on Linux games such as Sauerbraten,
> FretsOnFire and Toribash.
>                 But he is smart enough to figure out that they are too
> availiable for Windows, so he becomes yet
>                 another victim to this bug.
> Brother 5 at the age of 10 Plays with Linux alot, he does not yet
> understand the differences of technology but
>                 prefers the user friendliness and the "totally pwning"
> (his words, not mine) 3D Desktop Cube.
>                 And sometimes on the odd occasion makes unruly remarks
> such as "Linux Rules" and "Windows Sucks"
>
> But to be honest, as much as I would like to say the same. Alas my view
> isn't as locked down as a stereotypical "warzone" view of things.
> I believe that we have the freedom to choose what we wish to with no
> pressure to differ us between one or the other.
> That's why I sometimes dream that I walk into a corporate sleaze of a PC
> Store (cough, *pcworld* cough) only to find that there are an equally amount
> of PCs ranging from every OS imaginable and all at the same price.
> Complete unbiased competition. That is what I'm for.
>
> But back to the point, as many of you may of noticed, there is a trend
> going on here.
>
> Therefore I have official committed a fix.
>
> Get your children into Linux before it is too late!
>
> Iain
>
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> Microsoft has a majority market share
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1
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> Status in Ichthux - Linux for Christians: Confirmed
> Status in JAK LINUX: Confirmed
> Status in The OpenOffice.org Suite: Confirmed
> Status in Launchpad Translations: Invalid
> Status in Tabuntu: Confirmed
> Status in Ubuntu: Confirmed
> Status in Source Package "bum" in Ubuntu: Invalid
> Status in Source Package "casper" in Ubuntu: Invalid
> Status in Source Package "djplay" in Ubuntu: Invalid
> Status in Source Package "firefox" in Ubuntu: Invalid
> Status in Source Package "ubuntu-express" in Ubuntu: Invalid
> Status in The Breezy Badger: Invalid
> Status in The Dapper Drake: Invalid
> Status in Baltix GNU/Linux: Confirmed
> Status in Source Package "linux" in Debian GNU/Linux: Invalid
> Status in Tilix Linux: New
>
> 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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