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[»John« <1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>
> given the history of drivers written by manufacturers it might be an
> advantage that unix-based platforms need to reverse engineer and then
> re-write drivers.

Exactly. Take ANDROID as an example - it's #1 mobile (rapidly growing and
therefore extremely interesting market) platform, so the driver code has to
be at least just as "good" as it is for Winblow$ on the desktop. I've read
some SAMSUCK and BROADCOM sources for my cell phone and believe me when I
say that we're infinitely better off the way we are because the code that
hardware/device vendors keep spewing when left at home alone is
(euphemistically put) THE WORST CRAP EVER; unless they aim for mainline
inclusion where Linus beats them to their senses whenever they try shoving
some half-baked crap down his throat. That's where the whole anti-blob mind
set comes from - just looking under the hood almost makes you wanna throw
up; no wonder it causes all kinds of clusterfucks all the time. Not to
mention that it allows them to force you into buying the same stuff over
and over by simply depriving you of updates whenever they see fit.

A lot of work though.

Yeah, but it's a work that definitely pays off in the long run.

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Title:
  Microsoft has a majority market share

Status in Club Distro:
  Confirmed
Status in Computer Science Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in LibreOffice Productivity Suite:
  New
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 Malaysia LoCo Team Meta Project:
  In Progress
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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