After all the critics on Ubuntu or it's community - I want to clearly state, that
1. I appreciate the community A LOT! It gives me a good feeling of not being left alone with the computer problems. And I know what I am talking about because I experienced also the prior-internet times where I was pretty alone with all problems coming up - I had a few fellows in school I could talk about but that was it. 2. Although there are a few things that are very annoying, the overall experience with the computer for me got much more positive since my move to Linux and even more when switching from Fedora to Ubuntu. 3. Looking at the relations - e.g Red Hat having about 3200, Novell about 3600, IBM more than 300000(!) and Canonical having just about 350 employees - Canonical should not be criticized too much for not contributing enough to Linux as a whole (which I read several times during the last months). 4. Of course I appreciate the work of ALL companies and people contributing to the Linux kernel, Gnome and all the other software pieces that are part of the whole Linux repositories. Without those the naked OS would be nothing worth looking at. 5. If I would put all the time I invested into Linux with testing and bug reporting or simply documenting stuff (even if mostly only in forums and on my blog so far although it is my plan to do more contributions on the Wiki) into money numbers, I could have bought a Windows license + a bulk of commercial software - but: I and everybody else participating is MAKING THIS BETTER! - This is the big difference. With the investment you help to make it better. This is very different from investing into license fees where you don't know what will be done with the money. You help to make it better for everyone else and others are helping you out either with their contributions. This is true cooperation - win-win-situations. So everyone contributing - be proud and receive my thanks. -- Martin Wildam http://www.google.com/profiles/mwildam -- 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: Confirmed 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 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 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. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~algeriatul Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~algeriatul More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
