Hi :) It is possible to post bug-reports against Launchpad. Same as Bugzilla which a lot of other projects use.
Not many projects have their own bug-tracking system. Most use an independent system such as Bugzilla, Launchpad or perhaps others. This creates competition between those projects. If one behaves exceptionally well then distros or perhaps smaller projects start using it if they were disatisfied with whatever they were currently using. It's the same for most packages. For example Ubuntu doesn't create it's own Office Suite or Web-browser. The default choices can be swapped-out and replaced for other ones. I tend to remove OpenOffice and replace with LibreOffice and now many distros have switched to defaulting to LibreOffice. If OpenOffice suddenly became awesome i might switch back. By keeping it's independence OpenOffice is given the chance to compete in a fair way and perhaps bounce back. This approach means that projects tend to make sure they respond quickly to users requirements. Indeed one of the problem of OpenOffice has been it's lack of competition (KOffice/Caligra had a tiny niche as did Gnome Office although all 3 can be run on Windows) and so it was able to get away with very little progress. The Microsoft way is very similar to the Borg. They absorb/take- over/assimilate a project and force it to comply with what management demands of it. There is almost no chance of normal users being able to influence the default choices. Projects inside MS compete with each other to please upper management, not users. Borg drones move very slowly and machines running Windows are very slow too. I have not used MS bug-tracking. In fact i can't access it at all. I have not used Launchpad much either but i do notice that a lot of bug-reports do get solved. Regards from Tom :) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Team UGR, which is subscribed to ugr-meta. 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 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: New Status in Ubuntu Gnome Remix Metapackages: In Progress Status in Ubuntu: In Progress Status in “ubuntu-express” package in Ubuntu: In Progress Status in The Jaunty Jackalope: Invalid Status in “ubuntu-express” source package in Jaunty: Invalid Status in Arch Linux: New 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. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/clubdistro/+bug/1/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntugnometeam Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntugnometeam More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
