On Thu, 05 Oct 2006 14:39:56 +0100
Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Free is better than cheap
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | Tesco is hoping to undercut Microsoft by selling cut-price software
> | in supermarkets - but why pay anything?
> |
> | Tesco's mantra is that every little helps. And it's done them well
> so | far.
> |
> | The supermarket giant is buying white label programs from a British
> | company that essentially clone Microsoft's Office suite and sell
> | for £20 a pop....
> |
> | [...]
> |
> | Open source software, much of it available for free, is where it's
> at | for those whose eyeballs pop at Microsoft's price tags or market
> | dominance. Although Tesco's offerings (based around an existing
> suite | of software called Ability Office) are OK, they aren't
> anything special. | But in fact OpenOffice - another attempt to
> provide an alternative to | Seattle's dominance - is far more widely
> used and costs you nothing | except a few minutes of your time.
> |
> | [...]
> |
> | So is Tesco simply trying to muscle into software sales on the
> cheap? | Will its offerings be rubbish software aimed at people who
> just want to | save a few quid? Who knows.
> `----
>
> http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/bobbie_johnson/2006/10/tescos_cheap_software.html
> http://tinyurl.com/n4dl2
At least it gets people thinking about other options, and file format
compatibility.
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Regards, Ed :: http://www.bsdwarez.net
proud c++ person
Chuck Norris cooks his food by walking through lava with it.
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