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[Tom <1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi :)
It is possible to post bug-reports against Launchpad.  Same as Bugzilla which a lot of other projects use.  

Not many projects have their own bug-tracking system.  Most use an
independent system such as Bugzilla, Launchpad or perhaps others.  This
creates competition between those projects.  If one behaves
exceptionally well then distros or perhaps smaller projects start using
it if they were disatisfied with whatever they were currently using.

It's the same for most packages.  For example Ubuntu doesn't create it's
own Office Suite or Web-browser.  The default choices can be swapped-out
and replaced for other ones.  I tend to remove OpenOffice and replace
with LibreOffice and now many distros have switched to defaulting to
LibreOffice.  If OpenOffice suddenly became awesome  i might switch
back.  By keeping it's independence OpenOffice is given the chance to
compete in a fair way and perhaps bounce back.  This approach means that
projects tend to make sure they respond quickly to users requirements.
Indeed one of the problem of OpenOffice has been it's lack of
competition (KOffice/Caligra had a tiny niche as did Gnome Office
although all 3 can be run on Windows) and so it was able to get away
with very little progress.

The Microsoft way is very similar to the Borg.  They absorb/take-
over/assimilate a project and force it to comply with what management
demands of it.  There is almost no chance of normal users being able to
influence the default choices.  Projects inside MS compete with each
other to please upper management, not users.  Borg drones move very
slowly and machines running Windows are very slow too.

I have not used MS bug-tracking.  In fact i can't access it at all.  I have not used Launchpad much either but i do notice that a lot of bug-reports do get solved.  
Regards from
Tom :)

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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 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 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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