John, would you mind keeping the subject as "[Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share" - so that it stays in the same email conversation within Gmail?
2008/7/9 »John« <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 2 Conrad: > I just posted something like this on that thread on our forums while voting > "sort of...". When I was discussing the thing with one of my "Windows > fellas", he said hi likes the idea and suggested something practically the > same approach, so nobody would probably object against this since everyone > would have a chance to try GNU/Linux without any risks and return for the > OPTIONAL (this part is the most important thing from all I have said - > BUNDLING ANYTHING WITH PRE-BUILT COMPUTERS SHOULD ALWAYS BE NOTHING MORE THAN > JUST ONE OF THE OPTIONS, LEAVING IT'S USER TO BE THE ONE TO DECIDE WHAT'S IT > GONNA BE!) Windows license if he finds the alternatives don't suit his needs. > By the way - I don't have any personal experience with these practices, but > pre-installing probably means something similar to the first phase of Windows > XP installation procedure when the installer lets you create the partitions > and then copies itself to the installation one, since the second phase starts > with accepting the EULA, which is a formal agreement between you and > Microsoft, so the hardware vendor doesn't have the right to express your > approval with it for you... > > I don't have any objections against bundling or pre-installing stuff as > long as I'm free to get the same hardware without the burden of license > fees for system I'm not gonna use, but which nobody is willing to sell > the machine without or return the money! > > 2 jawahar & nottRobin: > Sure thing. Starting official ubuntu jabber server with conferences like > [EMAIL PROTECTED] and letting the users know they're there with lots of other > users willing to help novices with any issues in real time could solve a > thing or two. I'm already doing something like this by actively assisting all > the people I convinced to switch so consider me in. > > -- > Microsoft has a majority market share > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in Computer Science Ubuntu: Confirmed > Status in Ichthux - Linux for Christians: Confirmed > Status in JAK LINUX: Confirmed > Status in The OpenOffice.org Suite: Confirmed > Status in Launchpad Translations: Invalid > Status in Tabuntu: Confirmed > Status in Ubuntu: Confirmed > Status in "bum" source package in Ubuntu: Invalid > Status in "casper" source package in Ubuntu: Invalid > Status in "djplay" source package in Ubuntu: Invalid > Status in "firefox" source package in Ubuntu: Invalid > Status in "ubuntu-express" source package in Ubuntu: Invalid > Status in The Breezy Badger: Invalid > Status in The Dapper Drake: Invalid > Status in Baltix GNU/Linux: Confirmed > Status in "linux" source package in Debian: Confirmed > 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. > -- Microsoft has a majority market share https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
