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[»John« <JnS.002@xxxxxxxxx>]

> The best way of having somebody believe you is: Show them. Or better: Pass them a CD. When I am at friends I just bring them a copy and tell them that they can run it from the CD without installing anything. - Sure it takes a long while to startup from the CD (you should tell them that from HD it will boot within a minute).
> 
> Another good way: When I go to customers or have friends invited they can see it running on my laptop. Best way is to be a living example. If you have friends staying with you for a few days just create an account for them on your PC.
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> I do not invest much time in "preaching" any more. I am the living example and I don't give support any more for Windows for friends. If they have a problem I tell them and leave them alone with their crap - done. They will come back - maybe in a few years but who cares - the slower and continuous success outweighs the quick and great success in the long run. I am not in a hurry - currently without supporting Windows on friends machines I have a lot more time for other things (and yes, also a few less friends - those that kept me only because of their support issues ;-) ).

This is a very good idea and it's been here before; I even got myself
inspired. I think we should all (as in all Free software proponents)
embrace this strategy since "preaching" (especially in it's aggressive
forms) doesn't really get us anywhere - generally speaking, most people
aren't very cooperative if it feels like you're trying to force
something upon them (you know, I think the worst thing that could happen
to us is if we got the perception of these guys because that's when
everyone's just gonna slam the door shut and pretend he's not home...).

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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.