On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 19:46, justfred <[email protected]> wrote: > In my opinion (and possibly it has been mentioned before but I did not > have the courage to read through all the posts) the main problem is the > office suite one.
I would say (and you mention also other examples like AutoDESK Inventor), it is branch specific and other widely adopted packages (like MS Office) that often create real headache. I know the MS Office issue very well. While it worked already acceptable for .doc etc formats, with .docx etc it got worse again. I myself switched to Open Office long before I switched from Windows to Ubuntu, just because it was the more reliable product (regarding crashes and particular very annoying bugs). In cases where I write the documentation, I solely use LibreOffice now on my Ubuntu machine. But all my collegues are using MS Office (I am the only Ubuntu user among about 130 people) and I get all type of crazy stuff - including MS OneNote files or Outlook e-mail template files (I am using Thunderbird). They are just too used to it and ignore the different. And yes, it is one reason that holds Ubuntu back from gaining more market share. > So, IMHO, it is not the quality of the OS that is holding back the > penetration of the Linux OS in the market, but rather the lack of an > office suite that is compatible with, Summed up: There is a lack of interoperability. On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 23:35, Pako <[email protected]> wrote: > Technical - Ubuntu should drop xorg in favor of Wayland, > 50% of bugs will be fixed immediately. I imagine, you are right, but my fear is that Wayland also has a lot of teething troubles - as Unity has. It is not very helpful, fixing 50 bugs, but introducing 60 new... ;-] > Windows uses 90% of GPU to draw the GUI, that's why is so snappy. > Philosophical - Ubuntu should drop the stupid services like "Brainstorming" > I like the fact that GNOME developers don't give a sh*t about users > for their wishes and ideas It is better to invest into convincing people instead of building walls to hold them back and avoid them to speak to others. I find the community very important. Probably, Canonical should improve their way of communicating the reasons for their decisions. I for myself - after digging a little - understood, why the are creating Unity. Nevertheless it is still not stable enough for my needs and the community and Canonical should know and act on such Community-feedback. Best regards, Martin. -- Martin Wildam http://www.google.com/profiles/mwildam -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1 Title: Microsoft has a majority market share To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/clubdistro/+bug/1/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
