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[»John« <1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> never ever behave like those we lost confidence and trust in!
Absolutely, because if we're going to do this, and I mean any time in
the future, let's just turn tail and pack up right now. Because making
free copycats of proprietary crap in the world, where you can simply
literally copy (in copyright parlance "steal") the original for free
any time you want would in my humble opinion be a complete waste of
time. Libre software and open standards are all about preferring
freedom of choice to horribly broken one size fits all proprietary
solutions and they're meant to be free as in freedom, but not
necessarily free as in free beer. Accepting broken proprietary stuff
in a free system and doing everything to accommodate it's creators is
no different from going back to where you came from. Such user should
simply revert to whatever proprietary platform he used until now and
save everyone (including himself) lots of trouble.

> From Linus I already read excerpt of an interview that he doesn't care how many people are using Linux.
Linus is my personal Jesus Christ and he's got that right. Like libre
software? Great! You don't? Who cares? I believe that most users of
libre software share a common characteristic of not being sheeple by
nature and that people using libre software are generally the ones
willing to get their hands dirty whenever there's a problem to be
solved rather than just sitting around while bitching and waiting for
someone else to save their sorry asses. The "success" and predominance
of proprietary platforms simply prove that people actually like being
tied up and locked down while maintaining their convenience and
illusion of freedom.

> I see it different because I want to use Linux but with the constraints given by the world I am connected to does not allow a flawless use of Linux/Ubuntu.
Well, that just sucks, doesn't it?

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Title:
  Microsoft has a majority market share

Status in Club Distro:
  Confirmed
Status in Computer Science Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in dylan.NET.Reflection:
  Invalid
Status in dylan.NET:
  Invalid
Status in EasyPeasy Overview:
  Invalid
Status in GenOS:
  In Progress
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 Kernel:
  New
Status in The Linux Mint Distribution:
  In Progress
Status in The Linux OS Project:
  In Progress
Status in The Metacity Window Manager:
  In Progress
Status in NULL Project:
  Invalid
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 Gnome Remix Metapackages:
  In Progress
Status in Ubuntu:
  In Progress
Status in “ubuntu-express” package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress
Status in The Jaunty Jackalope:
  Invalid
Status in “ubuntu-express” source package in Jaunty:
  Invalid
Status in Arch Linux:
  New
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.

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