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

[Barry Titterton]

The BBC seem to have the costs all wrong. The web site today says that
it costs £10 per month for the basic service, or £25 per month with
broadband thrown in. It is cheaper if you buy it yearly. This sounds
much more reasonable.
I expect the ALEX people are really unhappy about this free publicity.

Barry


On Fri, 2010-02-19 at 12:16 +0000, Markie wrote:
> 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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>                 
>                 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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