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

[Markie]

Its a good idea, but I dont think someone would be able to meet this cost on
the average pension. I dont think its a good way to advertise Linux to the
masses myself it might give the illusion that its more expensive to have a
linux PC.

Good point about the data side of this, id rather keep my own data thanks.

Mark

On 19 February 2010 11:53, Bruce Beardall <bruce72 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Exactly my point and before you even get there, you pay £300 + for the
> laptop. A little bit like paying the SIM-free price for a phone and still
> buying into the full cost of the contract with the network. I applaud their
> effort but if they're going to copy the mobile networks' business model,
> then copy it - get the laptop for free (or heavily discounted) and put
> everything into the support services. I still like the basic concept but it
> seems they're trying to recoup too much of their initial costs right from
> the start which makes me think they haven't much of a reserve as it is. And
> like Sean mentioned, what if they go out of business? It's not like the
> demographic they're aiming at would be able to simply install their own OS
> of choice.
>
>
> On 19 February 2010 11:27, Joe O'Dell <joseph.odell at googlemail.com> wrote:
>
>> >
>> > Unfortunate use of the word "expensive" here. I assume they mean
>> > expansive with an 'a'.
>> >
>> > Bruno
>>
>> No, im not sure they do.
>>
>> It's ~£40 a month for the service, which I think is ridiculous.
>> Especially as broadband is £15 a month.
>>
>> Hmm... we shall see how this goes..
>>
>> Regards,
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>> Joe O'Dell
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>>
>> On 19 Feb 2010, at 10:59, Bruno Girin wrote:
>>
>> > On Fri, 2010-02-19 at 10:10 +0000, Johnathon Tinsley wrote:
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>> >> Anyone seen this? Looks interesting..
>> >>
>> >> 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
>> >
>> >
>> >
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