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On 08/23/2010 05:23 AM, Martin Wildam wrote:

> Just to give an example: Somebody not knowing much of
> computers can buy yet another hardware gadget without the need to
> worry about compatibility with the OS. Everywhere is written if
> Windows 7 compatibility is given - but quite nobody writes
> "Linux-compatible" even if the compatibility is given.

Amusingly enough, I was hooking up a fairly new HP printer last night. 
Works in Linux with no trouble.  Works in XP with no trouble.  Could not 
find a driver.  Windows 7, 64bit.  You know why, and I know why, but the 
user still doesn't understand why I had trouble, and how I had to fix it.

I still find it funny that many of the things people hold Windows out 
for doing well, it often does not do so well.

-- 
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.