Comment 900 for bug 1

@jawahar

If Canonical didn't offer the free Ubuntu CDs via the shipit portal,
there are some people that wouldn't be experiencing the great
operating system that we know as Ubuntu. They are offering FREE CDs to
people worldwide. I'll admit, there's times that I order a single CD
with each new release because I am a collector, but, if we can get
less unfortunate people to be able to experience what we have to offer
where bandwidth is either too expensive or non-existant, that not only
improves the Ubuntu image, but the Linux image and awareness as a
whole.

John Pyper
Kent, WA, USA

On 12/2/08, jawahar <email address hidden> wrote:
> I believe decentralizing the distribution of free Ubuntu CDs will help in
> penentrating into desktop systems.
> https://shipit.ubuntu.com/
>
> --
> 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 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.
>