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Ubuntu Closes Longstanding Bug #1

Posted by timothy on from the sideways-looking-statement dept.

dargaud writes "Mark Shuttleworth of Ubuntu fame has closed the primal bug on Launchpad, standing since 2004 and titled 'Microsoft has a majority market share,' due to the 'changing realities' of tablets, smartphones, and wearable computing."

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  1. Re:Microsoft has a majority market share by MLBs · · Score: 5, Informative

    Not in my house it doesn't. 1 Win 7 laptop 1 MacBook Pro 1 Chrome Book 3 Raspberry PIs running Raspbian 1 Android tablet 1 Android phone 1 blackberry playbook 1 Apple TV Looks like Linux wins, with Android a close second. The best part is that this is all for one person living alone. :)

    Perhaps I'm reading this wrong, but it seems that they're saying that in 2004, MS had a majority, but this is now changing and thus the bug can be closed. With your enumeration you simply give anecdotal evidence to this.

  2. Re:Let me be the second by dotancohen · · Score: 5, Informative

    How is this bug fixed? From the initial bug report, reproduction instructions:

    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.

    I can still reproduce the bug in its entirety. Nothing has changed since 2004.

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