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[Martin Wildam <1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 10:50, lelamal <1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> http://pollycoke.org/pollycokers/paolo/socialbox/6121
> Today I found this link in this nice Italian Website. It contains a link that
> sort of fits this exchange nicely. Follow it, and the links within the article
> at PC Pro.

Dell was in the news of making publicity for Ubuntu and from what I
have read (mixed with a little interpretation), I would say, that
Microsoft threatened them to increase Windows license prices for them.
That would make the Dells preloaded with Windows more expensive. So I
guess this is why they stopped.

However, I will let you know - I am going to buy a Dell within the
next month (and I have two Dell Notebooks + a server at a friend
bought within the last 1,5 years and none of them ever seen Windows.

-- 
Martin Wildam
http://www.google.com/profiles/mwildam

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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.