Comment 1285 for bug 1

I think there is a business model that exist. If I'm not mistaken it's
close to Google's Android OS. Again, canonical takes ownership of
marketing. What WE can do is support it, just like how Apple' s Mac fan
base. Early adopters like us should continue to promote Ubuntu.

On Jul 25, 2010 12:01 PM, "Faldegast" <email address hidden> wrote:
>
>> As long as Ubuntu users seem more interested in conspiracy theories than
>> in fixing what's so evidently wrong in Ubuntu, this bug will never be
>> fixed.
> And what is that?
>>
>> I leave a couple of hints:
>>
>> - No viable business model: find one before thinking anything else
> I totally agree here. It is the only thing that Linux/Ubuntu currently
lacks.
>
>> - No standard, stable desktop platform: think how to build one before
doing anything else. And no, LTS releases are not that, in case someone is
very confused.
> Yes it is a very confusing statement. What exactly does Ubuntu lack as a
"standard, stable desktop platform"?
>
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> Microsoft has a majority market share
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> Status in EasyPeasy Overview: Invalid
> Status in Ichthux - Linux for Christians: Invalid
> Status in JAK LINUX: Invalid
> Status in The Linux OS Project: In Progress
> Status in The OpenOffice.org Suite: In Progress
> Status in Tabuntu: Invalid
> Status in A simple player to online TV streaming: Invalid
> Status in Tv-Player: New
> Status in Ubuntu: In Progress
> Status in “ubuntu-express” package in Ubuntu: Invalid
> Status in The Jaunty Jackalope: Invalid
> Status in “ubuntu-express” source package in Jaunty: Invalid
> Status in Baltix GNU/Linux: Invalid
> Status in “linux” package in Debian: In Progress
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> Status in openSUSE: In Progress
> 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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