Perhaps we should change the bug name to: "Microsoft has a majority market share on the Desktop"
If need be, bugs can be opened for other form factors. On 10/24/2014 10:19 AM, Faldegast wrote: > Actually no. This was always about desktop. Of course the fact that many > usecases have an alternative that works on android or chrome have made > things better. But I still can't use Photoshop or Cubase on Linux. > > Personally I don't think we have fully won before Microsoft starts > supporting Linux with Office etc. Of course replacing vendor-locked > applications with open source are optimal but so far we have only > succeed with webbrowsers. > > If Google succeeds in moving everything into the browser thats a win > against OS monopoly but we should remember that Chrome Store are NOT > Open source. But Native Client and PPAPI is so building an alternate > store is possible and moving offering software in more than one store > are a lot easier than supporting different operating systems. > >> Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 16:19:55 +0000 >> From: 1...@bugs.launchpad.net >> To: faldeg...@hotmail.com >> Subject: Re: [Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share >> >> Hi :) >> +1 >> except the question is really out-dated now. There's really 3 forks of >> it; >> >> 1. desktop only = still not fixed >> 2. total devices used by weeus = done but debatable >> 3. handhelds = definitely done. >> >> Regards from >> Tom :) >> >> -- >> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug >> report. >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1 >> >> 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 Neobot: >> New >> Status in Novabot: >> New >> 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: >> Fix Released >> Status in Arch Linux: >> Confirmed >> Status in Baltix GNU/Linux: >> Invalid >> Status in “linux” package in Debian: >> In Progress >> Status in Fedora: >> Confirmed >> Status in Fluxbuntu: The Lightweight, Productive, Agile OS: >> Confirmed >> Status in openSUSE: >> In Progress >> Status in Tilix Linux: >> New >> >> 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 >> >> To manage notifications about this bug go to: >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/clubdistro/+bug/1/+subscriptions -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1 Title: Microsoft has a majority market share To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/clubdistro/+bug/1/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
