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[Tom <1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It is not just that Ubuntu has developed a lot over the last 2 or 3
years.

Users expectations and hardware have developed into areas either already covered 
by linux kernels or easily implemented as Unix was developed to be a 
multi-everything system.  The introduction of dual/quad-core cpus caught 
MicroSquish off-balance.  They were eventually able to get 64bit versions of 
their OS using it but the rest of their 64bit systems weren't really ready for 
widespread use (is anything they use ever ready?  I mean before they have 
dropped support for it).  By the time MicroSquish were ready for multi-cores 
linux already had it in even lowly 1 'man' 32bit distros.  MicroSquish still 
can't cope with multiple hard-drives in anything but a very broken way.  Mmm, 
shortcut links (that often break) to certain folders, tasty. Multi-user 
'security' in Windows is still badly implemented, even for single users it is a 
joke but one that people put a huge amount of effort into without actually 
solving the inherent flaws in the system.  Are Windows 32biut versions able to 
handle threading well in multi-core machines?  Do their 64bit versions work for 
everything else yet?

People still have low expectations and low levels of understanding about their 
systems, at least outside of linux-world.  People just don't care about poorly 
produced reports or other documents.  It is what they are used to now.   Shops 
are happy to sell extra hard-drives without making it easy to access them.  
Blame the user and shame them into not daring to ask questions.

Also the forks/off-shoots that have gone on to develop further (such as the 
various Spanish Governments ones) have fed back into Ubuntu main as have nifty 
developments first seen in a plethora of totally unrelated distros.

Linux kernel developments have benefitted Ubuntu hugely too of course.

Yes, Ubuntu has moved on hugely in the past couple of years but this is not 
always purely down to Ubuntu's work.  OpenSource is really fantastic like that 
:)

Regards from
Tom :)

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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.