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Bug #1 (liberation)
Comment #580

Comment 580 for bug 1

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houstonbofh (leesharp) wrote on 2008-02-20: Re: [Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

#580

wyo wrote:
> It's now almost 2 year since I've written something about this bug here
> (https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1/comments/62) and it's now about 1
> year since I've lost fait that this bug will be solved before I die. Yet
> it's time to make a review if anything has changed regarding this bug.
>
> To draw a resume: Ubuntu has nothing achived in this last year.

I guess you see what you want to see... I am sure my perception is
slightly biased as well, but I still have some points to counter.

1) Have you tried printing lately? With Gutsy, cups made a huge gain.
Now most HP and Xerox printers are auto-detected, even on the LAN, and
installed with no "searching." See me do thins with my laptop has
prompted a few "Wins" at client sites with me saying nothing.

2) If your screen is ugly, you have a problem. My screen looks better
than most Windows screens, and fonts render correctly in everything.
No, nothing has been compiled. This is all with packages in repositories.

3) This year I have been able to engage business to a level I never have
before, in considering Linux desktops for non-technical users. I have
several Proof of Concepts out that should convert into roll-outs. And I
have been selling Ubuntu "Guest PCs" quite well for some time now.

4) Drivers have changed quite a bit as well. Along with the CUPS stuff
above, nVidia drivers are auto-detected, and installed by clicking a
bubble that pops up. Several NICs work this way too. Trying to view a
file without a codec prompts you on what codec to install and how.

Now this has not yet translated to a 50% market share, but it has made
the platform much more viable for people that don't care about
computers. And showing how easy my life is without Windows is the best
advertising. Do you know how impressive it is to print out my invoice
at the client site on their printer without looking for a disk or asking
for an IP address? (Or if you do, it is "Which one of your 6 HP 4220s
is that one? .22?") To someone that has only run Windows, this looks
like magic!

wyo wrote:
> It's now almost 2 year since I've written something about this bug here
> (https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1/comments/62) and it's now about 1
> year since I've lost fait that this bug will be solved before I die. Yet
> it's time to make a review if anything has changed regarding this bug.
> 
> To draw a resume: Ubuntu has nothing achived in this last year.

I guess you see what you want to see...  I am sure my perception is 
slightly biased as well, but I still have some points to counter.

1)  Have you tried printing lately?  With Gutsy, cups made a huge gain. 
  Now most HP and Xerox printers are auto-detected, even on the LAN, and 
installed with no "searching."  See me do thins with my laptop has 
prompted a few "Wins" at client sites with me saying nothing.

2) If your screen is ugly, you have a problem.  My screen looks better 
than most Windows screens, and fonts render correctly in everything. 
No, nothing has been compiled.  This is all with packages in repositories.

3) This year I have been able to engage business to a level I never have 
before, in considering Linux desktops for non-technical users.  I have 
several Proof of Concepts out that should convert into roll-outs.  And I 
have been selling Ubuntu "Guest PCs" quite well for some time now.

4) Drivers have changed quite a bit as well.  Along with the CUPS stuff 
above, nVidia drivers are auto-detected, and installed by clicking a 
bubble that pops up.  Several NICs work this way too.  Trying to view a 
file without a codec prompts you on what codec to install and how.

Now this has not yet translated to a 50% market share, but it has made 
the platform much more viable for people that don't care about 
computers.  And showing how easy my life is without Windows is the best 
advertising.  Do you know how impressive it is to print out my invoice 
at the client site on their printer without looking for a disk or asking 
for an IP address?  (Or if you do, it is "Which one of your 6 HP 4220s 
is that one? .22?")  To someone that has only run Windows, this looks 
like magic!