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 <[email protected]> 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 > <[email protected]> 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > [email protected] > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > > > -- > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > > > > > -- > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > > -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
