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Re: [Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

 

Why can't Ubuntu local communities create a database of local stores in
their area to guide people interested in Ubuntu. Also we can create a list
of peripherals accepted by the kernel and are sold by these local stores.
This way, we can help fellow Ubuntu users to achieve to "just works" system
off-the-bat. If these information is available online, people can now see
that there's someone local that knows Ubuntu and guide them through by
sharing their experiences.

On Aug 18, 2010 3:11 PM, "torpedolos" <1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Sorry for the double post but i just wanted to add that, if ubuntu sells
computers, they would provide the same service as apple, but cheaper,
and with a big "plus": the OS is open.

It means that you can copy it on a "non-ubuntu" computer, modify it on
your on computer if you want, and also that it corrects itself
constantly...

If you have a problem, you can ask canonical and have a customer-seller
relation.
If you want to try a new thing or develop a software, you get the support of
the communauty !

I think a product like that with a good marketing campaign, would have a
great impact, and help solve bug#1.

Don't you ?


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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.







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