> If in order to run Ubuntu my mother has to buy Windows, then the present bug will take decades to be fixed...
Exactly! If we allow M$ to have the luxury of charging us even for licenses that actually never get used (which their own EULA clearly states as a completely valid reason to get a refund, but you get a pretty good idea about their dirty business practices if you try), then it's absolutely impossible to ever starve them! That's why we should at least try to do whatever we can to either completely kill or severely restrict currently employed bundling practices. I've said before I'm fairly confident that once this obstacle is out of the way, we will all be able to notice a significantly higher adoption rates. At that point, all the hardware and software support problems we're having right now will start to diminish, because nobody of the so called "independent" hardware and software vendors can afford to ignore any system that has reached critical mass. Based on the observation of the current status quo, this means only about 10% of the overall market share, which really isn't that much. Have a look at Apple, that's already enjoying pretty much the kind of treatment usually reserved for the first class citizen. We can probably get there pretty soon, because as you see, right now even people who already know about GNU/Linux and could do with just fine don't have much choice. Forget that they can still assemble their own machines - we all know that the vast majority of people don't do that not to mention it's almost impossible with notebooks (let alone increasingly popular netbooks and nettops). Just do the math - if only one of every 10 guys buying a new PC decides to run something other than Winblow$, then M$'s stranglehold over the whole ICT industry is in serious trouble. Everyone has to have the opportunity to get whatever machine he likes and run whatever code he sees fit without first being forced to pay for any software that somebody decided to bundle with it without even the courtesy of asking. We really need to do something about this, because it's most likely the biggest problem we have right now. We can deal with bugs and missing features. Granted - there are things that will probably never work anywhere other than Winblow$, but that's not our fault. But if even people who actually won't use their crap have to pay M$ anyway, making sure they won't even notice they just lost another customer, then we're getting nowhere! -- 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
