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[Tom <1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi :)
I think you meant LibreOffice rather than Crossover office.  

Support costs are minimal if forums are used.  Organisations such as
Canonical and others offer the traditional telephone support and such
like.  Often existing support providers might be happier working with
Gnu&Linux because it's easier to fix if something does go wrong or maybe
they would be less happy because they wouldn't get so many call-outs.

Windows forums and online support tends to be fairly abysmal so it's
difficult to get people to trust that sort of support until they see how
much better it is for Gnu&Linux.

Gnu&Linux already is more profitable for businesses if they are prepared
for initial costs such as installation, set-up, retraining.  Similarly
with Macs.  Reports repeatedly show that TCO (=Total Cost of Ownership
(which includes support calls and maintenance)) is all far lower for
Macs.  However companies see the higher initial costs and choose the
cheaper purchase.

I think it's less about cost and more about ease and familiarity.  If
they could just pick-up a machine easily that already had everything
they need already installed then they might consider it.

One of the other problems is that when they get discounted Windows they
are told the costs.  Say a £200 piece of software getting installed for
just £35 sounds like they are getting a good bargain.  When people say
this equivalent thing is free they can't cope and have to ask "What is
wrong with it that it's not being sold at a much higher cost? "

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 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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