Yeah a lot of things have changed. But what's not changed are the fact that a majority of Internet users are surfing on Windows.
Yeah I remember reading this bug on a Symbian smartphone. The growth of smartphones and pads are certainly an expression of discontent with Windows, and a big blow to Microsoft. But a majority of the users are still on desktops running windows. I hope that chromeos will defeat windows on this battlefield. Personally I will not consider this bug solved until Window joins Internet Explorer's decline, which I think will happen if ChromeOS success continues. > Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2014 12:42:10 +0000 > From: 1...@bugs.launchpad.net > To: faldeg...@hotmail.com > Subject: Re: [ubuntu-marketing] [Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market > share > > 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 :) > > -- > 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
