Comment 1017 for bug 1

@Mark:

I like the idea of a 'Free Your PC Day' or whole 'Free Your PC'
campeign in general. We should put some serious planning into it and
see if we can get some help from Canonical and the LoCos. I'm all for
it. I don't know if I'm qualified enough to organize it, but I'm sure
willing to participate in it.

John Pyper
Dell | Managed Services
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On 2/22/09, Mark <email address hidden> wrote:
> How about a 'Free your PC campaign'?
> it starts
> Billions of PC's worldwide are chained with expensive worm and virus prone
> software...
> sad music playing...
> Free your PC...
> jazz with blaring trumpets playing...
> Ubuntu and other Distro logos splash on the screen...
> Happy People run through the surf
> Smiling people checking email
> Fat wallet stuffed with cash lying near the computer....
>
> --
> Microsoft has a majority market share
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1
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>
> Status in Club Distro: Confirmed
> Status in Computer Science Ubuntu: Confirmed
> Status in Ichthux - Linux for Christians: Confirmed
> Status in JAK LINUX: Confirmed
> Status in The OpenOffice.org Suite: Invalid
> Status in Launchpad Translations: Invalid
> Status in Tabuntu: Confirmed
> Status in Ubuntu: In Progress
> Status in "bum" source package in Ubuntu: Invalid
> Status in "casper" source package in Ubuntu: Invalid
> Status in "djplay" source package in Ubuntu: Invalid
> Status in "firefox" source package in Ubuntu: Invalid
> Status in "ubuntu-express" source package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
> Status in The Breezy Badger: Invalid
> Status in The Dapper Drake: Invalid
> Status in The Jaunty Jackalope: Won't Fix
> Status in bum in Ubuntu Jaunty: Won't Fix
> Status in casper in Ubuntu Jaunty: Won't Fix
> Status in djplay in Ubuntu Jaunty: Won't Fix
> Status in firefox in Ubuntu Jaunty: Won't Fix
> Status in ubuntu-express in Ubuntu Jaunty: Won't Fix
> Status in Baltix GNU/Linux: Confirmed
> Status in "linux" source package in Debian: Confirmed
> Status in Fluxbuntu: The Lightweight, Productive, Agile OS: Confirmed
> 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.
>