Tablets and phones popular? They have less then 4% usage share which makes OS X more popular. And no they don't even have that because there are also SmartTV and a lot of other usages of Android included in those 4%.
> Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2012 21:19:18 +0000 > From: 1...@bugs.launchpad.net > To: faldeg...@hotmail.com > Subject: [Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share > > I believe Unity can be made faster and bugs fixed, such as the problem > of Unity making Wine malfunction. > > In the "real world", Windows has the monopoly because too many apps and > games have been developed only for Windows. Now that mobile devices and > tablets are popular, Microsoft now have to compete for the first time in > about 20 years! Unity is obviously being designed for tablets etc - but > don't forget that users still have desktop computers with keyboards and > mice. Some users will still rely on certain Windows apps and that's why > Wine exists. > > In the real world, moving from Windows to Ubuntu is not a simple snap. > There will be issues and I always recommend keeping a Windows > installation around "just in case" you have something like a hardware > device or critical program that can only run in Windows - I DON'T mean > Windows in VirtualBox. In such cases, Ubuntu can be used for regular > web browsing and so on, but the Windows computer can be used ONLY when > needed. > > Finally, I wish Ubuntu would advertise with glossy marketing. That's > how American companies like Apple become very successful. People buy > iPads - NOT because they NEED them - but as a result clever MARKETING > that makes people want iPads. > > -- > 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 Metacity Window Manager: > 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: > New > Status in Ubuntu Malaysia LoCo Team Meta Project: > In Progress > Status in Ubuntu Gnome Remix Metapackages: > In Progress > Status in Ubuntu: > In Progress > Status in “ubuntu-express” package in Ubuntu: > In Progress > Status in The Jaunty Jackalope: > Invalid > Status in “ubuntu-express” source package in Jaunty: > Invalid > Status in Arch Linux: > New > 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 is designed to fix. > > 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. > > What happens: > 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: > 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. > > 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
