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[Martin Wildam <1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sorry Mark, but as many above I also cannot consider this bug being
fixed. Only last week I wanted to buy a new Canonical certified
hardware from Dell - they definitely do not want to sell a non-Windows
PC to me. Best offer I could get (after insisting) is at about 1 third
more expensive. I never had such problems before with Dell and of
course this is not the first time I want to buy a non-Windows PC. -
Just to give an example. Similar issue at other places.

On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 12:38 PM, Mark Shuttleworth
<1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Personal computing today is a broader proposition than it was in 2004:
> phones, tablets, wearables and other devices are all part of the mix for
> our digital lives. From a competitive perspective, that broader market
> has healthy competition, with IOS and Android representing a meaningful
> share

Yes, but these new devices mostly cannot be considered to be a
replacement for a desktop PC or laptop. Most people owning a tablet
also own a PC. For productive work in most cases a laptop or PC is
still the best choice. Tablets and Smartphones are still only a
secondary device used for emailing and news-reading (or playing) in
the very most cases.


> It's worth noting that today, if you're into cloud computing, the
> Microsoft IAAS team are both technically excellent and very focused on
> having ALL OS's including Linux guests like Ubuntu run extremely well on
> Azure, making them a pleasure to work with.

At the server side Linux already won a long time ago, but not at
client side and I always thought that Bug #1 focuses on the client.

Best regards, Martin.

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Title:
  Microsoft has a majority market share

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Bug description:
  See Mark's closure comment here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1/comments/1834
  ------

  Microsoft has a majority market share in the new desktop PC
  marketplace. This is a bug which Ubuntu and other projects are meant
  to fix. As the philosophy of the Ubuntu Project states, "Our work is
  driven by a belief that software should be free and accessible to
  all."

  "Ubuntu software is free. Always was, always will be. Free software gives everyone the freedom to use it however they want and share with whoever they like. This freedom has huge benefits. At one end of the spectrum it enables the Ubuntu community to grow and share its collective experience and expertise to continually improve all things Ubuntu. At the other, we are able to give access to essential software for those who couldn’t otherwise afford it – an advantage that’s keenly felt by individuals and organisations all over the world."
       * http://www.ubuntu.com/project/about-ubuntu/our-philosophy

  Non-free software leaves users at the mercy of the software owner and
  concentrates control over the technology which powers our society into
  the hands of a few. Additionally, proprietary software stifles
  innovation, maintains artificial scarcities, and enables malicious
  anti-features such as DRM, surveillance, and other monopolistic
  practices.

  This bug is widely evident in the PC industry.

  Steps to repeat:

      1. Visit a local PC store.
      2. Attempt to buy a machine without any proprietary software.

  What happens:

  Almost always, a majority of PCs for sale have Microsoft Windows pre-
  installed. In the rare cases that they come with a GNU/Linux operating
  system or no operating system at all, the drivers and BIOS may be
  proprietary.

  What should happen:

  A majority of the PCs for sale should include only free software.

       * http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html
       * http://www.debian.org/social_contract#guidelines
       * http://www.opensource.org/docs/osd

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