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[Martin Wildam <mwildam@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 14:43, Alex <presoblu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> If you browse the Dell site, or at least the italian site, you find notebook
> without an OS only on the "business section". For private users, all their
> systems have Windows (I can miss something, but I browsed almost all their
> models".

1. As a private person you can also buy the business models - this is
just a logical separation.
2. I can have all those models also without OS if you wish - at that
time when I bought the Latitude E-5500, on the website it was offered
with Windows only. I just told them that I want it without OS. Also
wanted another display (I hate those glossy ones). They are flexible
if you talk to them - one reason why I do recommend Dell (second
reason is the excellent service - at least here in Austria).


> Linux is not so common on the shops here, but there is a wide community the
> same. I think that more or less 1% of our computers has linux installed.
> In stores, 0% of the notebooks has it.

I guess, everybody who wants to use Linux is able to put in the
distribution of flavor and dump the preinstalled Windows. I already
stated earlier that I think, there will be more than 50 % Linux around
earlier than offered in the shops. So bug #1 should maybe have another
description.

-- 
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.