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["Randall Ross \(rrnwexec\)" <randall@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

The concept of a computer being a "bicycle for the mind" might be
helpful here, and might be worth revisiting.

If we (society) are "training" our students purely to be "users"
(consumers) of software then we will see the exact effect that you
describe (in the domain of OS'es and computing, at least). (Bug #1 has
in effect created a whole generation of consumers who view computers as
a way to get to entertainment).

We should instead be aiming to teach people to be creators and
contributors, so their information access tools remain robust and enable
any one to get to any and all information they need to educate
themselves.  Ubuntu is taking that challenge head-on. However, we're
still not able to channel all the energy that is lost to distractions
such as Facebook, YouTube, Farmville, WoW, and similar things that also
tend to "dumb down" (or at least divert). That will require a lot more
code...

On 10-10-20 02:48 PM, »John« wrote:
> One more thing:
> I'm incredibly sorry to say so, but I forgot to mention that "that
> reason" is probably more and more people being stupid and getting more
> and more stupid as the time passes - that's a sad fact that probably
> just about every teacher out there can confirm (I recently joined the
> club and pretty much the whole class - almost all of them senior teacher
> professionals - seems to be thinking the same); no offence to anyone
> here intended.
>

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Microsoft has a majority market share
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1
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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.