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 <bruc...@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.od...@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, >> ------------------------------------------------------- >> Joe O'Dell >> >> Fedora Contributor (FreeMedia) >> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Ascenseur >> >> bedsLUG Co-Ordinator >> bedslug.co.cc >> >> DFEY Member (SouthEast) >> dfey.org >> >> Ubuntu-UK Group Member >> (ascenseur) >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JoeODell >> >> >> >> On 19 Feb 2010, at 10:59, Bruno Girin wrote: >> >> > On Fri, 2010-02-19 at 10:10 +0000, Johnathon Tinsley wrote: >> >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> >> >> 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 >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com >> > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk >> > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ >> >> >> -- >> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ >> > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > >
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