Ubuntu is not free.

[Ouattara Aziz]

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> This is not a passive action that has to be engaged in, it's an active
> one. "Oh dear, Ubuntu can't support 3D hardware without using
> proprietary drivers. I guess we'll have to watch people stick with
> Windows" isn't the attitude I'm advocating. There is only one department
> that has any real internal clout in most modern companies, and it's the
> Marketing department - make that department aware that significant
> numbers of customers are demanding that they change their ways, and
> watch what happens.
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I think that the very way to let them know that there is a significant 
numbers of customers wanting them to change is to have a lot of 
different people sending them complains/reports . For one in the 
community (like us) it's difficult to speak the way the newbies do. We 
will stick on Ideology and theory and that will not impress any 
manufacturers. Newbies can say in a simple way what bothers them and 
speak like a new customers. And if we join newbies in that action, 
Marketing department will see a lot of different customers' requests.

As you said, it's up to us to start but it'll be more efficient to make 
easy for newbies to join.