Comment 980 for bug 1

*Si ! Tiago, y bueno !*

On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 11:36 PM, Tiago Ribeiro <email address hidden> wrote:

> I just offered mentorship to this bug relating the ubuntu-pt team (the
> Portuguese LoCO team).
>
> I use Ubuntu since Dapper Drake (that is 6.06, so June 2006) and only in
> 2008 I started to write in this forum because it was when I thought I
> had the required knowledge to it because I never used GNU/Linux before.
>
> Now I'll take this step further because this bug affects all distros, so
> it affects all LoCO teams and I realized that my work made here has not
> been "crap".
>
> If any of you can say the opposite, I'll retract my offer of mentorship.
>
> In http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mentoring we can read:
> > Mentorship refers to a developmental relationship in which a more
> experienced person helps a less experienced person, referred to as a
> protégé, apprentice, mentee, or (person) being mentored, develop in a
> specified capacity.
>
> In https://help.launchpad.net/Teams/Mentoring it says:
> > Choosing a bug or blueprint
> The first step is to choose a bug or blueprint that you're willing to help
> a newcomer with.
> Good candidate bugs and blueprints are:
> 1. a relatively straightforward piece of work for someone who wants to
> join one of your teams
> 2. something you know how to fix or implement
> 3. relevant to the work of one of one of the teams of which you are a
> member.
>
> About #2. Of course I don't know how to fix or implement this bug. I
> wish! But I think we are getting there...
>
> --
> 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.
>

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