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[Martin Wildam <1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 18:26, Randall Ross (rrnwexec)
<randall@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> My humble opinion: We'll likely not win over the mindshare of the
> majority by berating the competition, nor by entering into a
> feature-by-feature (or bug-by-bug) analysis of their products. In fact,
> by continually mentioning their names and products we give them
> additional free word-of-mouth advertising. The best way to gain
> mindshare (and fix Bug #1) is to focus on what Ubuntu does best and
> continually reinforce that message, politefully, and tactfully.

I agree with you - although I did not come over to Ubuntu because of
it's attractive points. I came over because of the sufferings I had
before. So I guess we should not forget about the suffering one
experiences. Ubuntu must solve peoples problems also not just being
more attractive.

-- 
Martin Wildam

http://www.google.com/profiles/mwildam

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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.