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

[Allen Graham]

Why don't you just change the fonts and colors ? It's easy.

On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 7:46 AM, John Botscharow
<info at jbotscharow.com>wrote:

> Amir makes some excellent points. I totally agree with him, especially
> on the fonts.
> I have both Windows Vista and Ubuntu 8.10 installed on my computer and I
> am constantly switching back and forth, especially when I want to read
> web pages I use Firefox 3.0 on both Vistan and Ibex, yet sites always
> look better in Vista because of the fonts.
>
> I would also add that Ubuntu needs to add some of the cutomization
> features for colors and font colors that are available in Windows and
> the Windows version of Firefox,things like changing hyperlink colors for
> those of us who are color blnd to some degree. I often have to oopy the
> text from a web site to gedit in order to be able to read it properly
> because I cannot do the same font and color customization in Ubuntu that
> I can in Windows.
>
> Iverall, I see the new 8.10 version of Ubuntu as a small step backwars
> deom 8.04. It is almost as frustrating to use as Vista.
>
> Amir E. Aharoni wrote:
> > Every six-months a version of Ubuntu is released to big PR hoo-hah.
> > Blogs with mockups of the new theme for the upcoming Ubuntu version
> > receive a lot of Diggs.
> >
> > And well, the graphic designers working on Ubuntu are doing a great job,
> > but usability isn't necessarily a question of graphic design.
> >
> > New icons, wallpapers and themes should be the lowest priority by now.
> > They are more than good enough.
> >
> > Hardware support, software alternatives for Windows-only products and
> > overall stability are more important than a new wallpaper.
> >
> > (I would make an exception for fonts, though. Well-designed fonts are
> > crucial and the current offering in Ubuntu is not anywhere near
> > Windows.)
> >
> >
>
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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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