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[Tom <1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

One of my clients has a dual-boot system so that WHEN Windows goes wrong he can 
still use the machine but he is reluctant to use Ubuntu and keeps making 
increasingly small excuses for not trying it.  The latest was the nautilus 
file-browser displays things as icon (queue long rant).  Before he had finished 
ranting i had changed the default.

He has an ancient hand-held which used to need some proprietary software to 
synch with the machine.  Ubuntu has something better (covers more machines) free 
but he can't get a copy of the software he used in Xp.  


The only blocker now is the few minutes/hours he would need to set-up the UserID 
on the hand-held and in JPilot to allow them to synch.  He is happier with the 
idea of spending days or even weeks trying to get another copy of the old 
proprietary software which will still need him to spend a few minutes/hours 
sorting the UserID on both the hand-held and in the software.

When people feel that many days and hours sorting a Windows problem is fine but 
spending a few minutes on a Linux problem is unbearable it is difficult and 
frustrating for us.  In Windows everything "just works" is a lie but one that is 
believed by people even as they spend many hours trying to fix a flaky Windows 
system.
Regards from
Tom :)

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Title:
  Microsoft has a majority market share

Status in Club Distro:
  Confirmed
Status in Computer Science Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in EasyPeasy Overview:
  Invalid
Status in GNOME Screensaver:
  Won't Fix
Status in Ichthux - Linux for Christians:
  Invalid
Status in JAK LINUX:
  Invalid
Status in The Linux OS Project:
  In Progress
Status in The Metacity Window Manager:
  In Progress
Status in The OpenOffice.org Suite:
  In Progress
Status in Tabuntu:
  Invalid
Status in A simple player to online TV streaming:
  Invalid
Status in Tv-Player:
  New
Status in Ubuntu:
  In Progress
Status in “ubuntu-express” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in The Jaunty Jackalope:
  Invalid
Status in “ubuntu-express” source package in Jaunty:
  Invalid
Status in Baltix GNU/Linux:
  Invalid
Status in “linux” package in Debian:
  In Progress
Status in Fluxbuntu: The Lightweight, Productive, Agile OS:
  Confirmed
Status in openSUSE:
  In Progress
Status in Tilix Linux:
  New

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.