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Allen Graham (allenggraham) wrote : Re: [Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

Good point Pako !
If you have tried Vista, you understand !
If you try "Win 7", good luck.

In future we will be paying for some specialised programming, and businesses
can live with that.
Ubuntu is spreading only because "it works".
Me? using Ubuntu for 5 years (or 6?)

On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 11:51 AM, Pako <email address hidden> wrote:

> Time will pass and more and more OEMs will ship Linux as main OS, and
> that's a fact. Linux on Desktop? IMO Desktop OS should give people
> oportunity to do their profesional stuffs like 3D, Audio Mixing, Video
> Editing etc. not only internet and basic programs. I think Ubuntu is
> competing with a wrong competitor that is already beaten in terms of
> speed, security and stability. The main competitors should be the
> companies who play the huge role in Graphic, Audio and Video
> environments. Internet only Users? They don't care about their OS. By
> the way "Avatar" is rendered on Ubuntu, that's the real power that Linux
> can bring to desktop, but how many people knows it? I think that Ubuntu
> Studio is on the right way.
>
> --
> Microsoft has a majority market share
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> Status in Ichthux - Linux for Christians: Invalid
> Status in JAK LINUX: Invalid
> Status in The OpenOffice.org Suite: Invalid
> Status in Tabuntu: Invalid
> Status in A simple player to online TV streaming: Invalid
> Status in Ubuntu: Incomplete
> Status in “ubuntu-express” package in Ubuntu: Invalid
> Status in The Jaunty Jackalope: In Progress
> Status in “ubuntu-express” source package in Jaunty: In Progress
> Status in Baltix GNU/Linux: Confirmed
> Status in “linux” package in Debian: Confirmed
> Status in Fluxbuntu: The Lightweight, Productive, Agile OS: Confirmed
> Status in openSUSE: New
> Status in Tilix Linux: New
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> 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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