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[Paul Tagliamonte <paultag@xxxxxxxxxx>]

** Summary changed:

- Proprietary operating systems have a majority market share
+ Microsoft has a majority market share

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Title:
  Microsoft has a majority market share

Status in Club Distro:
  Confirmed
Status in Computer Science Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in dylan.NET.Reflection:
  Confirmed
Status in dylan.NET:
  Confirmed
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 LibreOffice:
  In Progress
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:
  Proprietary operating systems have a majority market share in the new
  desktop PC marketplace.

  This is a bug, which Ubuntu is meant to fix:
  http://www.ubuntu.com/project/about-ubuntu/our-philosophy

  Non-free software leaves computer users beholden to the owner of the
  software and takes away control over their own machines. Additionally,
  proprietary software is restricting innovation, creating artificial
  scarcities that damage for many populations, and limiting software
  developers from being able to create new tools to benefit the world.

  This bug is widely evident in the PC industry.

  Steps to repeat:

  1. Visit a local PC store.
  2. Attempt to buy a machine without any proprietary software. 

  What happens:

  Almost always, a majority of PCs for sale have a proprietary operating
  system like Windows or Mac OSX. In the rare cases that they come with
  a GNU/Linux operating system or no operating system at all, the
  drivers and BIOS may be proprietary.

  What should happen:
  A majority of the PCs for sale should include only free software.
   * http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html
   * http://www.opensource.org/docs/osd
   * http://www.debian.org/social_contract#guidelines