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[»John« <1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>
> Btw why don't ubuntu community demand free computers, so free hardware too?
> Why is it just that operanting system and software that are demanded to be
> free?
>
You're completely missing the point. It's just that some people actually
realize that freedom is infinitely more important than price.

Let me borrow the words of Matthew Garrett:
"I was greatly relieved to discover that commercial software sucks just as
much as Free software does, except I can't fix the bugs myself."

The only way to debug or customize proprietary programs is by begging it's
authors to do it for you (since they're the only ones who can) and hoping
that they eventually comply with your demands.
I can tell you that the vast majority of them just doesn't give a shit, but
don't take my word for it and see for yourself.
You can try paying them, but I guarantee you'll never be able to afford the
outrageous prices they'll charge you.
Again - don't take my word for it and see for yourself.
Proprietary code is notorious for being a steaming pile of crap held
together by truckloads of duct tape and the list of ancient bugs, that it's
authors never bother to fix until it's too late just goes on forever.
Try being the only one affected by one of them and see what happens.
There could be thousands of others like you and as far as the ones in
charge are concerned, it's still nothing compared to the hundreds of
millions of those who were lucky enough to never hit that bug, so it stays
exactly the way it is, otherwise it's wasted profit.
There's just no way in hell you can ever trust such code to be reliable and
secure, because you would be completely insane to trust the corporations
producing it.

Nobody's trying to imply that libre software can never have the exact same
problems, but at least it's inherently fixable, because the code is
publicly available and anyone can do what it takes to the benefit of
everyone else. This freedom makes libre software the
only sustainable solution. That's what this is all about and I just can't
see where you got so terribly misinformed to come up with the whole "us
demanding gratis software" thing.

Bottom line is that you can trust only code produced by people sharing your
interests, which makes libre software superior even if it's seemingly
lacking in whatever respect.

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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:
  Invalid
Status in Ubuntu Malaysia LoCo Team Meta Project:
  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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