On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 9:43 PM, Ma Xiaojun <[email protected]> wrote: > I wonder how much we should care about mobile market.
Apart from phone-calling the mobile market (tablets and smartphones) is mostly for consuming (web surfing, news-reading, video, ...). A "real" computer (laptop, desktop or at least netbook) is needed for production work (design, book-writing, software-development, CAD, image-editing and -processing, desktop-publishing, ...). Both types of work (consumption such as news reading can be a needed part of work for several jobs) are required and must be considered in general. This does not necessarily mean that both worlds must be considered in bug 1. > We really need certain share in desktop market. Although some say the PC era is over - I don't share this opinion. Maybe the desktop-era is over, but certainly not the laptop-era. So I agree that desktop market is still a needed focus. > Even in mobile market, Google's Linux based Android is successful. Other > Linux based system virtually all failed. Indeed, agree. > It's a pleasure for me and probably other "life hackers" to see Ubuntu runs > on Nexus 7. > But this kind of stuff won't change the market landscape in any way. Not sure, from all attempts to have one OS for desktop and mobile I think, Ubuntu is doing the best job here - OS looks more the same on both platforms (mobile and desktop) which helps all people having troubles using technical stuff - or docking your smart phone into a docking station with big screen, mouse and keyboard and have your working desktop there looks nice. However, there are a few implications with this scenario: a) Have a fitting docking station wherever you go. - Requires a certain market share until this can be expected. Otherwise no gain as you would need to carry your own docking station around. b) Having enough power and battery life in your smart phone. Otherwise laptop or netbook makes a lot more sense. c) People want using their computer on many different places. Otherwise they are still perfectly fine with their desktop PC. There are people using the computer mainly at work or mainly at home and while on the road just checking email or doing minimum internet surfing (for which the smart phone is enough). IT people often apply their thoughts of computer use to others which is often not a valid assumption. So, to make a long story short, yes, desktop market should still be a major focus and the mobile market should probably be handled on a different bug. BTW: Bug 2 seems to be still not set yet and could be used for that. ;-) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu 4 dz, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1 Title: Microsoft has a majority market share Status in Club Distro: Confirmed Status in Computer Science Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in LibreOffice Productivity Suite: New Status in dylan.NET.Reflection: Invalid Status in dylan.NET: Invalid Status in EasyPeasy Overview: Invalid Status in Ichthux - Linux for Christians: Invalid Status in JAK LINUX: Invalid Status in LibreOffice: In Progress Status in The Linux Kernel: New Status in The Linux Mint Distribution: In Progress 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: Invalid Status in Ubuntu Malaysia LoCo Team Meta Project: In Progress Status in Ubuntu: In Progress Status in Arch Linux: Confirmed 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 and other projects are meant to fix. As the philosophy of the Ubuntu Project states, "Our work is driven by a belief that software should be free and accessible to all." "Ubuntu software is free. Always was, always will be. Free software gives everyone the freedom to use it however they want and share with whoever they like. This freedom has huge benefits. At one end of the spectrum it enables the Ubuntu community to grow and share its collective experience and expertise to continually improve all things Ubuntu. At the other, we are able to give access to essential software for those who couldn’t otherwise afford it – an advantage that’s keenly felt by individuals and organisations all over the world." * http://www.ubuntu.com/project/about-ubuntu/our-philosophy Non-free software leaves users at the mercy of the software owner and concentrates control over the technology which powers our society into the hands of a few. Additionally, proprietary software stifles innovation, maintains artificial scarcities, and enables malicious anti-features such as DRM, surveillance, and other monopolistic practices. This bug is widely evident in the PC industry. Steps to repeat: 1. Visit a local PC store. 2. Attempt to buy a machine without any proprietary software. What happens: Almost always, a majority of PCs for sale have Microsoft Windows pre- installed. In the rare cases that they come with a GNU/Linux operating system or no operating system at all, the drivers and BIOS may be proprietary. What should happen: A majority of the PCs for sale should include only free software. * http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html * http://www.debian.org/social_contract#guidelines * http://www.opensource.org/docs/osd To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/clubdistro/+bug/1/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~algeriatul Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~algeriatul More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
