[ubuntu-uk] Alex (laptop, not person)

[Bruno Girin]

On Fri, 2010-02-19 at 10:10 +0000, Johnathon Tinsley wrote:
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> Anyone seen this? Looks interesting..
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> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8522952.stm

Very interesting indeed. It's a shame that the article looks a bit
clobbered together in 5 minutes and contains some very confusing
sentences:


> As well as communication tools such as e-mail, Alex comes loaded with
> a suite of open office software including a Microsoft version of Excel
> and read-only PowerPoint.

Er... does it means that it comes with MS Excel or with an alternative
(such as Open Office)? Because I'm at a loss as to what "a Microsoft
version of Excel" is as I wasn't aware of any other version of Excel :-)


> Alex is trying to do three things: win new people over to the
> internet, introduce a new - and more expensive - way of using
> computers, and take on the might of Microsoft

Unfortunate use of the word "expensive" here. I assume they mean
expansive with an 'a'.

Bruno