Here again, two old arguments: 1. Linux does not come pre-installed. My answer: are people still buying crappy hardware instead of having it assembled ? Most good techies will install Linux for you, and charge for the labor. In Apple or MS-Windows you pay a heavy price for programs, the profit for the techies is in there. It will *not* cost you less; to buy better hardware.
2. Too many choices, no one standard. True. Otherwise we would all be using MS-Windows with an upgrade or die every 6 months, viruses galore and a blue screen of death every hour . (yes I'm exaggerating) Note, Ubuntu is extremely popular, that's great. But it should never be the only distrro. How many Linux users are there worldwide? Look it up ! Allengg On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 11:31 PM, spandanj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Please take a look at the following article: > > > http://www.informationweek.com/news/software/linux/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=212100714 > > where it presents causes and solutions to fixing linux. The causes can > be summed up as too many choices lead to fragmentation before it leads > to or along with innovation. You can't bring innovation if different > software/components won't work with each other in the first place. > Although open source sounds much better than closed source > philosophically, it's implementation to provide user-friendly computer > experience is not achieved--IMO, mainly due fragmentation of software. > The greatest advantage of open-source philosophy ie. to allow freedom of > choice to design as per a particular individual or a group's preference > and inspiring innovation, is also it's greatest weakness because it > leads to fragmentation at many levels which eventually leads to sub-par > user experience. Obviously, in theory, by allowing anyone to contribute > in bringing change to the linux software universe, it should bring > faster innovation than in a closed-source enviroment where an authority > holds power over what changes are allowed. However, open source software > (OSS) fails because the changes and innovation are not co-ordinated <-- > a direct result of a lack of supreme authority. very good example that I > know of is the Audio API -- alsa, pulse, etc. Very annoying. In fact, > such fragmentation hinders innovation. Consider the fact that there > isn't an audio editor that works under ubuntu 8.04 that supports pulse. > Compare that to a universe of audio editors available for windows > platform! Software developers working with windows are fully aware and > clear about specifications for design because there's only one > specification--windows. That is much easier than fitting to not only > many but also ever-changing specifications found in linux universe! > > That is the fallacy of choice. Due to this fallacy, the potential for > open source innovation is not realized and leads to a chaotic user > experience. > > What I would like to know is the steps taken to overcome this fallacy. > Please list them here. Is FOSS one of them? Open "standards"? > > -- > Microsoft has a majority market share > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in Club Distro: Confirmed > Status in Computer Science Ubuntu: Confirmed > Status in Ichthux - Linux for Christians: Confirmed > Status in JAK LINUX: Confirmed > Status in The OpenOffice.org Suite: Invalid > Status in Launchpad Translations: Invalid > Status in Tabuntu: Confirmed > Status in Ubuntu: In Progress > Status in "bum" source package in Ubuntu: Invalid > Status in "casper" source package in Ubuntu: Invalid > Status in "djplay" source package in Ubuntu: Invalid > Status in "firefox" source package in Ubuntu: Invalid > Status in "ubuntu-express" source package in Ubuntu: Confirmed > Status in The Breezy Badger: Invalid > Status in The Dapper Drake: Invalid > Status in Baltix GNU/Linux: Confirmed > Status in "linux" source package in Debian: Confirmed > Status in Fluxbuntu: The Lightweight, Productive, Agile OS: Confirmed > 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. > -- If you're considering a Mexican vacation, look at the exchange rate from Canadian $$ to Mex $$(pesos) by going here: http://www.xe.com/ict/ http://picasaweb.google.com/allenggraham/Mazatlan# -- Microsoft has a majority market share https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
