> > Sometimes I had to insist a little to get to the right persons but > in general I have no problems with Dell getting a clean machine or one with > Ubuntu on it. > That's what I'm talking about - you always have to insist and jump through hoops, so *there's obviously interest that people don't have a free choice or at least nobody knows that they do*.
Just to remember that there are vendors who sell computers without Windows > The problem is not finding a vendor who sells computers without mandatory M$ crap, but *the vast majority of vendors having a policy of giving you as much trouble getting the machine you want from them as they possibly can*. not to mention that on the first page the write that they recommend Windows > 7… This is both *absolutely disgusting* and *absolutely unacceptable* as it *proves that OEMs can be bought*. *They should be there to sell hardware, not to foist people some third party's software including free advertisement on their web sites*. No wonder you can't get any machine you want free of their crap as they're all in Steve's pocket. If this is not a proof of the M$ monopoly, I don't what is. And that's just a start, because ARM systems with UEFI secure boot are gonna make things a whole lot of easier… -- 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
