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[»John« <JnS.002@xxxxxxxxx>]

> John,
> What store is this and where is it? Sounds fantastic that they are showing consumers the Third and Option.

It's Czech Computer, s.r.o. (similar to ", LLC") and as the name
suggests, they're based in .CZ (and they seem to also deal in .SK). It's
not like they're actively supporting anything other than Winblow$, but
at least there's some improvement over every single machine showing that
stupid piece of crap on screen (including Internet Exploiter).

I've got another idea of how to tip the balance just a little bit more:
anyone interested in helping to spread GNU/Linux should consider
learning to use BitTorrent downloads if possible. There are multiple
points to this:

      * primary servers usually get hammered by anxious updaters and
        mirrors take quite a while to get in sync with them, so there's
        like snowball's chance in hell to get your hands on freshly
        released distro the usual way (HTTP and/or FTP), but the exact
        opposite goes for BitTorrent, where the availability inherently
        increases (the more people are downloading the same thing, the
        better for all of them)
      * there's no need to verify downloaded images because the integral
        part of how BitTorrent works is mandatory data integrity check
        of every downloaded piece so once the download completes, data
        integrity is guaranteed, so you don't risk canning valuable time
        or media
      * you're saving connection slots and bandwidth for those who don't
        know any other way of downloading stuff than firing up their
        browser and hitting a download button somewhere on the web page
      * you're adding more weight to the point that one of the major use
        cases for BitTorrent is spreading Free software, not computer
        piracy, so any attempts to ban it mostly cripples just a bunch
        of completely honest users

The only catch is to seed at least until your ratio reaches 1, which is
probably not a problem for anyone who takes his efforts to spread Free
software seriously.

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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.