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Message #00744
[Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share
I believe Unity can be made faster and bugs fixed, such as the problem
of Unity making Wine malfunction.
In the "real world", Windows has the monopoly because too many apps and
games have been developed only for Windows. Now that mobile devices and
tablets are popular, Microsoft now have to compete for the first time in
about 20 years! Unity is obviously being designed for tablets etc - but
don't forget that users still have desktop computers with keyboards and
mice. Some users will still rely on certain Windows apps and that's why
Wine exists.
In the real world, moving from Windows to Ubuntu is not a simple snap.
There will be issues and I always recommend keeping a Windows
installation around "just in case" you have something like a hardware
device or critical program that can only run in Windows - I DON'T mean
Windows in VirtualBox. In such cases, Ubuntu can be used for regular
web browsing and so on, but the Windows computer can be used ONLY when
needed.
Finally, I wish Ubuntu would advertise with glossy marketing. That's
how American companies like Apple become very successful. People buy
iPads - NOT because they NEED them - but as a result clever MARKETING
that makes people want iPads.
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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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