Ubuntu Ended Dreams of Toppling Windows

The founder of open source software Ubuntu, Mark Shuttleworth declared that his dreams of topping the world's most popular software, Windows have already ended. He already gave up on his dream of ending Microsoft's dominance but credited iOS and Android of getting a chunk of the market share in mobile platforms. During the year 2004, Shuttleworth wrote the "Bug #1" in Ubuntu's development logs back which states that he was determined to remove Microsoft's dominance to the PC market. On his latest remarked, he stated that the bug has been "solved" or "closed" not by Ubuntu by other OS giving credits to Android and iOS. Shuttleworth was quoted as saying that, "It's better for us to focus our intent or excellence in our own right rather than our impact on someone else's product." he stated. The Ubuntu founder, Shuttleworth didn't strictly meet the original goal but his belief in 2004 was that majority of PCs being sold should include only free software, but this is not the case for desktops today. Although Android - which is build on Linux - controls a large stake of the mobile market, the devices running it are arguably in a less open state than PCs. Shuttleworth also noted that companies like Microsoft have become more accepting of other developer's software, which means that they have gained grounds on achieving their goals and solving their bug report no. 1 in Ubuntu. Aside from their dream of ending Microsoft's dominance in PC, they have also dream Microsoft will slowly adopt and encourage open source software on their products. Here's some part of Shuttleworth's statement on Bug no. 1 closure: Personal computing today is a broader proposition than it was in 2004: phones, tablets, wearables, and other devices are all part of the mix for our digital lives. From a competitive perspective, that broader market has healthy competition with iOS and Android representing a meaningful share. Android may not be my or your first choice of Linux, but it is without doubt an open source platform that offers both practical and economic benefits to users and industry. So we have both competition, and good representation for open source, in personal computing. Even though we have only played a small part in that shift, I think it's important for us to recognize that the shift has taken place. So from Ubuntu's perspective, this bug is now closed. For more information on Ubuntu's Bug Report just visit the official Ubuntu Report on Launchpad.net.