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[Martin Wildam <1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 13:19, odyssey <1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> As long as Ubuntu users seem more interested in conspiracy theories than
> in fixing what's so evidently wrong in Ubuntu, this bug will never be
> fixed.

Unfortunately there are apropriate practics and I have the nose full of them.
But you are right in the way that there should be the concentration on
fixing bugs instead of whining.


> I leave a couple of hints:
> - No viable business model: find one before thinking anything else

I suggest to listen to
http://techcast.chariotsolutions.com/index.php?post_id=458384 - Open
Source does not mean, that there can't be money earned. If you pay
license fees the vendor might or might not use it to improve the
product. In the Open Source world you pay for actual work and/or
service.


> - No standard, stable desktop platform: think how to build one before doing anything else. And no, LTS releases are not that, in case someone is very confused.

Don't know why you put LTS and desktop platform question into the same
pot. The GUI is always something that needs to meet individual
preferences. People work differently and for some functionality is
more important, for others it is performance of cool style. The idea
to have different platforms is not the worst IMHO because I don't
think you can serve everybody's needs best with just having one.


On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 00:28, Randall Ross (rrnwexec)
<randall@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I've never seen an ad promoting Wikipedia.
> I've never seen an ad promoting the World Wide Web.
> Market share can be gained through mind share, which may or may not
> require money.

IMHO word of mouth is more important than any publicity. You trust the
recommendations of your friends more than any TV spot, poster or
whatever. I have customers who start to distrust as soon as you are
selling only one product for a particular need because they expect
vendor sales talk instead of serious consulting.


On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 09:51, Tom <1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I had a dream: a computer where I wasn't required to make any choice at all,
> not even that of the operating system itself...

Choice is creating additional work initially and requires investing
more time in the beginning. But then you get the solution that fits
your needs better.

Or why do you think, that there are different kinds of cars, different
types of houses/appartments etc.
You could avoid the choice by letting somebody else do the choice for
you. That other person could be the hardware vendor by preinstalling a
particular OS or it could be a friend of you or your IT service
partner or whoever.


> Oh no, wait, they already invented that shit: it's called Windows. Bugger!
> Long live Bug #1!
> P.S. Can I change the bug status to WON'T FIX? Let's just be honest with
> ourselves...

Sorry, but this is bullshit!

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

-- 
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.