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> Hi,
> 
> When i compare to apple's way of selling, i don't mean that ubuntu should close it's sources (how can he ?), close it's format, or make a big marketing campaign (well, in fact, why not ?).
> But I mean that it is easyer to earn money when you sell a complete system (what apple makes)  that when you give "only" an OS, an OS that anyone can get for free and can copy...
OS X has been on TPB for ages and so have Windows. When you say "can get for free" I assume you mean "can get legally for free". I do not think its gonna matter if they can download it for free, because the regular customer isn't gonna do that. Also if they have the free version support isn't going to be free.

> By a good coincidence, a complete solution is exactly what people want:
> - Being sure, before buying your computer, that the hard and software are perfectly shaped and tested to work together.
> - having only one contact in case of probleme either with hardware or with software, or with both.
>
> The other point is that, for a reason i never totaly undertstood, each time someone offers their computers with ubuntu or a linux distro, they are more expensive than with windows !
> Controling the manufacturing and the final price would stop that, and maybe incite other sellers to review their marketing policy.
Having the small stores sell Linux should stop that. Linux distros are currently mostly available on computers intended for business use, and are more expensive then home user desktops.
 
> People don't want to use xyz12356 instead of UTZ8957, they want to send and receive mails, to "surf" on the web, to see their chidrens photos and videos, etc...
> they don't want a certain brand of computer, a certain brand of OS, they want a Solution that works...
I totally agree on that. And the rest of us want them to fund development of cool stuff. :)

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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.