On 19/02/2010 12:16, 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 <bruc...@gmail.com > <mailto: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 > <mailto: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 <http://bedslug.co.cc> > > DFEY Member (SouthEast) > dfey.org <http://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 <mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com> > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com <mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com> > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com <mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com> > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > > http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/laptops/275890/broadband-computer-co-alex
Just found that too, haven't had time to read it all yet however. James -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
