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[krahim <karim.rahim@xxxxxxxxx>]

Wow,

I googled ubuntu bugs and found this. I have to say I'm not impressed
with the thinking (or lack their of) that went in to reporting this bug.
Linux is an effective open source operating system, it is not intended
to be Nike, Apple, or Microsoft.

I also have concerns about the number of releases. Karmic was quite
buggy and I heard many people reinstalling the system. Perhaps 2 a year
is too many.

I use my computer for scientific computing and managed to make it work
with an upgrade without a reinstall. I had to disable ufw at grub.
Currently I use Karmic and I have used ubuntu since before Dapper. Prior
to that I used Gentoo, Slackware, and Debian.

I have to say it is excellent work that is done in general making Linux
available many people, but I caution that thinking about market share
has not helped Microsoft or Apple in building an effective usable
quality Operating System--it has helped them gain market share.

Best Wishes,

Karim

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Microsoft has a majority market share
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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.