** Description changed: Proprietary operating systems have a majority market share in the new desktop PC marketplace. This is a bug, which Ubuntu is meant to fix: http://www.ubuntu.com/project/about-ubuntu/our-philosophy Non-free software leaves computer users beholden to the owner of the software and takes away control over their own machines. Additionally, proprietary software is restricting innovation, creating artificial scarcities that damage for many populations, and limiting software developers from being able to create new tools to benefit the world. 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. + 2. Attempt to buy a machine without any proprietary software. What happens: Almost always, a majority of PCs for sale have a proprietary operating system like Windows or Mac OSX. 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.opensource.org/docs/osd - * http://www.debian.org/social_contract#guidelines + * http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html + * http://www.opensource.org/docs/osd + * http://www.debian.org/social_contract#guidelines
** Description changed: - Proprietary operating systems have a majority market share in the new - desktop PC marketplace. + Microsoft has a majority market share in the new desktop PC marketplace. + This is a bug, which Ubuntu is designed to fix. - This is a bug, which Ubuntu is meant to fix: - http://www.ubuntu.com/project/about-ubuntu/our-philosophy - - Non-free software leaves computer users beholden to the owner of the - software and takes away control over their own machines. Additionally, - proprietary software is restricting innovation, creating artificial - scarcities that damage for many populations, and limiting software - developers from being able to create new tools to benefit the world. - - This bug is widely evident in the PC industry. + Non-free software is holding back innovation in the IT industry, + restricting access to IT to a small part of the world's population and + limiting the ability of software developers to reach their full + potential, globally. 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 a proprietary operating - system like Windows or Mac OSX. 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. + 2. Observe that a majority of PCs for sale have non-free software pre-installed. + 3. Observe very few PCs with Ubuntu and free software pre-installed. 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.opensource.org/docs/osd - * http://www.debian.org/social_contract#guidelines + 1. A majority of the PCs for sale should include only free software like Ubuntu. + 2. Ubuntu should be marketed in a way such that its amazing features and benefits would be apparent and known by all. + 3. The system shall become more and more user friendly as time passes. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1 Title: Microsoft has a majority market share -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
