Unfortunately, the major sellers are partners with Microsoft.  There is
choice in north America but no effective sales channels compared to best
buy.
On 2012-02-28 8:36 AM, "Terry" <email address hidden> wrote:

> But it all comes down to choice, and where's the choice where it's not
> possible for us to buy from those few  that offer Microsoft free PC's? We
> should have the right to choose if we want Windows or not whether we use
> Windows or some form of GNU/Linux.
> Basically, Windows needs to be separated as a product (because it is) to
> the PC it is normally bundled with, even if the default is to have Windows
> bundled with the PC to satisfy the people who do not like choice, it should
> be possible to not have it at all.
>
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>
> Title:
>  Microsoft has a majority market share
>
> Status in Club Distro:
>  Confirmed
> Status in Computer Science Ubuntu:
>  Confirmed
> Status in LibreOffice Productivity Suite:
>  New
> Status in dylan.NET.Reflection:
>  Invalid
> Status in dylan.NET:
>  Invalid
> Status in EasyPeasy Overview:
>  Invalid
> Status in Ichthux - Linux for Christians:
>  Invalid
> Status in JAK LINUX:
>  Invalid
> Status in LibreOffice:
>  In Progress
> Status in The Linux Kernel:
>  New
> Status in The Linux Mint Distribution:
>  In Progress
> Status in The Linux OS Project:
>  In Progress
> Status in The Metacity Window Manager:
>  In Progress
> Status in The OpenOffice.org Suite:
>  In Progress
> Status in Tabuntu:
>  Invalid
> Status in A simple player to online TV streaming:
>  Invalid
> Status in Tv-Player:
>  New
> Status in Ubuntu Malaysia LoCo Team Meta Project:
>  In Progress
> Status in Ubuntu Gnome Remix Metapackages:
>  In Progress
> Status in Ubuntu:
>  In Progress
> Status in “ubuntu-express” package in Ubuntu:
>  In Progress
> Status in The Jaunty Jackalope:
>  Invalid
> Status in “ubuntu-express” source package in Jaunty:
>  Invalid
> Status in Arch Linux:
>  New
> Status in Baltix GNU/Linux:
>  Invalid
> Status in “linux” package in Debian:
>  In Progress
> Status in Fluxbuntu: The Lightweight, Productive, Agile OS:
>  Confirmed
> Status in openSUSE:
>  In Progress
> 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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