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[Martin Wildam <mwildam@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 13:22, »John« <JnS.002@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> generally speaking, most people
> aren't very cooperative if it feels like you're trying to force
> something upon them

Indeed.
BTW: In some psychology related talk I heard a good while ago: You can
only pick up people frome where they are. - As long as someone is
perfectly happy with Windows (or is just not aware of his unnecessary
suffering) you are somewhat lost.
And: If I talked somebody into using Linux and then a single problem
arises (even if possibly easily fixed) it's my fault (at least from
the othr's point of view).

Let's face the facts: There are some things that can't be achieved
with the same efficiency yet on the Linux desktop. But on the other
hand a lot of things can be achieved better and more efficient on
Linux. If one is suffering from the problems on Windows he/she will
accept a few flaws in Linux much easier - and fact is that there are
some - nothing is perfect.

And finally: I learned that there are people you can never understand.
There are people buying a complete new machine after system crashed
and they can't find their Windows-CD any more and others getting a new
machine because the old one got too slow (thinking it is the hardware
that got slower as getting older - just like an old man can't run like
a younger any more) - although maybe a defrag and deleting some
temp-files/history would have been sufficient (as Windows doesn't
delete most of them automatically). Yes, true stories.
-- 
Martin Wildam

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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.