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[Tom <1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi :)
When this bug was first posted even laptops were quite rare.  So the only
form-factor that people were aware of was desktops.  It is already
difficult to imagine such a time!

It was after this bug was posted that netbooks came out and they were
swiftly crushed by clever tactics from MS.  Do you remember going through
that time?  It was unthinkable that normal users might have access to
anything non-MS.  That is what this bug-report is about.

If the original poster could go back in time then i am certain there would
have been at least 3 bug-reports in order to still apply today.  Almost
everyone who posted to this thread was basing their responses on the solid
fact that desktop machines were the only form-factor available to normal
users.

This bug-report was about reaching normal users.

As such it HAS been solved.

Now the whole landscape has changed radically.  There are new words to
cover technology that hadn't been anticipated outside of Sci-fi.  Many of
the responses are laughably wrong these days but were quite wise at the
time.


We have an opportunity to recognise that things were different back in the
old days and an opportunity to cut away legacy stuff that is no longer
useful.

Continuing with this thread would be much like keeping a bug-report open
about support for Betamax systems or even VHS ones.  While technically not
solved it has become largely irrelevant because it fails to account for the
new landscape.  Of course 1 slight difference is that people still have
movies that were recorded onto Betamx or VHS ;)

Regards from
Tom :)

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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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