Comment 599 for bug 1

"SneakyWho_am_i" wrote: "if a manufacturer were to move enough boxes with Ubuntu preinstalled INTO retail stores, it would be a breakthrough and probably correct about 7000 lines for this bug. They need motivation to do this. Where is it going to come from?"

I note that Dell recently announced (http://www.dell.com/content/topics/global.aspx/corp/pressoffice/en/2007/2007_10_22_rr_000) that it will be selling their systems in retail stores (e.g. here in Canada Staples recently announced that they are selling Dells). As they're the only major OEM to ship Linux systems to average users, I suggest that we consider them the primary focus for our efforts. Consider Dell's Ideastorm Idea #103088:

Get GNU/Linux Machines in Retail Stores
http://www.ideastorm.com/article/show/103088/Get_GNULinux_Machines_in_Retail_Stores