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On Monday 02 August 2010 12:15:25 you wrote:
> > 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...

I see people keep interpreting it variously, and I'm sure it must be my utter 
lack of communicative skills combined with a poor sense of humor. However, I 
will try to rephrase my words:

I just meant that freedom of choice, in my view, is fundamental to Linux, and 
that without choice there's no freedom. Which is a scenario we're all familiar 
with, and is called Windows.

If in order to free ourselves from Windows monopoly we restrain our freedom of 
choice, we will end up with the same situation, but with a different name for 
the new monopoly chocking our freedom.

All in all, unfortunately, I don't think this bug will ever get fixed. It's 
true, in my view, that most people feel more comfortable in the restricted 
space where the monopoly of the year decides to confine them, rather than 
wandering in the vast open space of freedom where choices are too abundant not 
to feel overwhelmed.

-- 
Microsoft has a majority market share
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1
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Status in Club Distro: Confirmed
Status in Computer Science Ubuntu: Invalid
Status in EasyPeasy Overview: Invalid
Status in Ichthux - Linux for Christians: Invalid
Status in JAK LINUX: Invalid
Status in The Linux OS Project: In Progress
Status in The OpenOffice.org Suite: In Progress
Status in Tabuntu: Invalid
Status in A simple player to online TV streaming: Invalid
Status in Tv-Player: New
Status in Ubuntu: In Progress
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Status in “ubuntu-express” source package in Jaunty: Invalid
Status in Baltix GNU/Linux: Invalid
Status in “linux” package in Debian: In Progress
Status in Fluxbuntu: The Lightweight, Productive, Agile OS: Confirmed
Status in openSUSE: In Progress
Status in Tilix Linux: New

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.