** Description changed: - Proprietary operating systems have a majority market share in the new desktop PC marketplace. - This is a bug, which Ubuntu is designed to fix. + Proprietary operating systems have a majority market share in the new + desktop PC marketplace. - 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. + This is a bug, which Ubuntu is meant to fix: + http://www.ubuntu.com/project/about-ubuntu/our-philosophy + + Non-free software leaves computer users beholden to the owner of the + software and takes away control over their own machines. Additionally, + proprietary software is restricting innovation, creating artificial + scarcities that damage for many populations, and limiting software + developers from being able to create new tools to benefit the world. + + 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: - 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. + + Almost always, a majority of PCs for sale have a proprietary operating + system like Windows or Mac OSX. 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: - 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. + A majority of the PCs for sale should include only free software. + * http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html + * http://www.opensource.org/docs/osd + * http://www.debian.org/social_contract#guidelines
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