> > 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/
