Comment 61 for bug 1

Recently I had to buy new PC, because my old one crashed. And I had some strange observations. There is no single PC on the market without preinstalled Windows OS. Furthermore if you look at the web-sites of PC manufactures all of them recommend Windows as OS. You may prove it yourself. I interpret this as defense, because M$ is feeling the Linux power.

I am based in Germany, Europe and I am a software developer. Unfortunately I am still newbie in Linux world, but I am learning. Till now I have developed software exclusively for Windows. I know its advantages, but I really would like to get involved in open-software. The M$ monopoly would not lead to anything good.

At home I have a dual-boot system. Also I installed Ubuntu on my girlfriend's laptop and was pleasantly surprised when she asked me to leave Ubuntu as default boot OS.

My appeal is: don't worry, be happy! There's hope!