There are places like Vancouver,BC,Canada that have a lively community that offers support. But the problem also lays on Ubuntu Pre-installed hardware. We see more people having issues with unrecognized hardware than OS features. Also there are a subset of people that think running ubuntu on e.g. Intel Pentium 3 or Celeron pc's will make them at par with new pc's. On 2012-02-27 9:01 AM, "houstonbofh" <1...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote:
> On 02/27/2012 01:42 AM, »John« wrote: > > This is both *absolutely disgusting* and *absolutely unacceptable* as > > it *proves that OEMs can be bought*. > > Of course they can be bought. They are a business, with a mandate to > make money. That is the purpose of business. And Windows makes money. > > Starting with Dell, Windows volume licenses are cheap. One figure is as > low as $35. Preloaded trial software product placement is expensive. > One figure is $10 per item. So add MS Office, Symantic AntiVirus, and a > half dozen games, and you have Windows making about $30 per unit. > > Now support... People have less support issues WHERE THEY CALL IN TO > DELL on Windows. Yes, they have issues all the time, but the call a > friend, ask the local geek, or go to Best Buy. Linux has less common > support options, so they get more calls. > > The fact is that for making money, Windows is a better product. Now if > Canonical were to work with Crossover office to create a triel version > with trial office, they might get a product placement package for OEMs > to include. Make Linux profitable for a business, and it will use it. > > -- > 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
