The discussion about developers or marketing is IMHO obsolete as my latest experience shows:
I had two potential Windows-to-Linux converts. Typical home users with web, email, writing a few documents/letters + home office. The basic additional requirements for home office environment in these cases is multipage scanning and fax. Didn't either try the fax as already the multipage scanning was not possible in a bug-free way. XSane isn't either capable (tried with two different machines and two different all-in-one printer-scanner-fax devices - see Bug #580249 ) and Simple Scan scans wrong paper size (at least in german environment - see Bug #575432 ). That was the show stopper. Both had XP before and new machine came with Windows 7 and as they need to learn new OS and new Office version(s) I already convinced them to try it with Ubuntu. But they are now (back) on Windows 7 (and there is also a tool like Simple Scan). At least they are going to use Open Office instead of buying an MS Office 2007 license. It was bare luck that the MS Access application I would have had to migrate was bare simple - no coding involved so it could be migrated to Open Office Base (although only through a Windows machine with Open Office installed - so was not really straightforward). So if we have issues like those in Ubuntu these are first to be fixed otherwise it does not really make sense to do big marketing. Indeed it could have a negative effect because too many people might try Ubuntu who have requirements that Ubuntu cannot fulfill. All the advantages of Ubuntu are not interesting, as long as the basic needs of people can't be achieved with Ubuntu/Linux. -- Martin Wildam -- Microsoft has a majority market share https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu 4 dz, which is a direct subscriber. Status in Club Distro: Invalid Status in Computer Science Ubuntu: Invalid Status in EasyPeasy Overview: Invalid 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 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: In Progress Status in Baltix GNU/Linux: Invalid 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 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. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~algeriatul Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~algeriatul More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
