Comment 1403 for bug 1

You know Windows works on more systems than Ubuntu, did you know that......

I am a senior technician for windows systems with many certifications, and
they warned me about your type........

Maybe Windows is the best system...............

I will wait another 2 or 3 years to see if Ubuntu is worthy of my attention.

Gentilli.

On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 5:05 PM, houstonbofh <email address hidden> wrote:

> On 10/20/2010 04:41 PM, »John« wrote:
> > ... not to mention they probably won't even bother if the
> > particular operating system isn't used by what they believe to be enough
> > of their potential customers. I guess you can see why we have a problem
> > with that and every single operating system is gonna be plagued by the
> > exact same problem until it reaches critical mass.
>
> This happens with Windows as well. Why write a new driver just because
> the new version of Windows doesn't work with it? With bad drivers, you
> will get bit, whatever OS you run. I have a lovely PaperPort scanner
> that I keep around as just such an object lesson. It only has Windows
> 95 drivers unless you BUY a new one for more than the cost of a scanner.
> This is not a Linux bug, but for some reason, Linux gets the blame,
> and Windows and the hardware manufactures get a pass.
>
> --
> 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: Invalid
> Status in EasyPeasy Overview: Invalid
> Status in GNOME Screensaver: Won't Fix
> Status in Ichthux - Linux for Christians: Invalid
> Status in JAK LINUX: Invalid
> Status in The Linux OS Project: In Progress
> Status in The Metacity Window Manager: 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
> Status in Fluxbuntu: The Lightweight, Productive, Agile OS: Confirmed
> Status in openSUSE: In Progress
> 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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