Hi :) Sorry about my last post!! I found this article very interesting and it put across the key ideas much better than i could. It's a bit old but it's well worth reading http://librenix.com/?inode=21 Regards from Tom :)
>________________________________ > From: Martin Wildam <1...@bugs.launchpad.net> >To: tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk >Sent: Sunday, 27 January 2013, 0:37 >Subject: Re: [Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share > >On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 4:04 PM, Tom <1...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote: >> Thanks for the off-list help there Marin :) Should help improve my >> relationship with my boss :) > >Sounds familiar to me... ;-) > > >> Programs need to operate without constantly asking the >> users permissions but have they all really been totally re-written so >> that they never need SuperUser permissions? > >I don't think so - with Windows 7 (or XP service pack something don't >know exactly), Windows even learned the symlink thing which can help >here (however most windows folks still don't know that they can do >this now using mklink... ;-) ). > > >> Have you tried surfing with cookies being totally blocked? Even >> microsoft.com gives a dozen pop-up asking >> you to accept this or that cookie with no real detail about the individual >> cookies. > >It's not only the cookies - on several sites you already have to allow >some included third-party web-site-java-scripting (either referencing >to other websites) to allow display of advertising until they show you >the real site content. So they urge you to view the advertising also - >otherwise nothing. But this affects every OS putting them on a higher >risk. > > >> I know what you mean about not wanting to be just better and safer but >> really being safe. >> [...] >> In Windows it seems the slightest thing can cause problems. > >I was also able to keep my Windows clean of Viruses - until 2009 where >I fully switched - because I had my ad- and script-blockers and I know >where to pay attention and what not to do. But there are plenty of >people, even working in IT, who get viruses because they forget to be >careful. > >I would be really interestet in hearing the opinion of an expert if >Linux is really safer than Windows or only the fact that >90% of users >running Windows make that OS the most attacked ones at client side. I >am pretty sure that at server-side there is full attention of hackers >is on Linux-machines but I don't know anything about statistics how >many Linux servers get hijacked to end up in a bot-net. > >Best regards, Martin. > >-- >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 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: > In Progress >Status in Arch Linux: > Confirmed >Status in Baltix GNU/Linux: > Invalid >Status in “linux” package in Debian: > In Progress >Status in Fluxbuntu: The Lightweight, Productive, Agile OS: > Confirmed >Status in openSUSE: > In Progress >Status in Tilix Linux: > New > >Bug description: > 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
