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- jmw2trinculo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+14Don't shop there then! You have a choice.
Go and support your local grocers and butchers etc and then moan about how expensive and decentralised they are! - surfit, on 10/12/2007, -0/+14Ability Office is actually very good. It's probably on a similar level to Open Office in terms of functionality, but isn't as bloated and doesn't rely on Java, so loads up very quickly and feels less fragile to users. Having the fourth largest retailer in the world behind their products will give them a big boost.
- Bloc, on 10/12/2007, -4/+16over £1 in every £8 of UK retail sales is spent at Tesco.
ridiculous. - mousy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11Strange move for a company like tesco, but then again... ...every little helps...
- grayapple, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10Oh god I can see it... white machines with blue stripes...
'Tesco Value Computers - Every little helps' - Angostura, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10Well, I would join you ... except I'm too busy buying their excellent own-brand inkjet cartridges that cost 1/3 the amount as the printer manufacturers' and work just as well (for me).
If they produce some cheap software that works well and avoids my parents having to buy MS Office, I'm all for it. - Ramble, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Tesco is massive, I bet they could do it pretty well.
Not to mention the advertising power they have over here. - andyeb, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8If it forces the price of MS Office down to a more reasonable level, it can only be a good thing.
- lucasmaximus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8I work for Tesco, part time while I am at university.
Tesco have branched out into almost every market. There is a Tesco ISP, Tesco VOIP phone service, Tesco MP3 players, etc. etc.
Tesco make products for ever demographic of society. They do this by tracking and recording everything you buy in a database matching with your store card. They can even work out your likely route through the store by order in which the groceries are put through the till (hint: most of the stuff that goes through the checkout last, you put in your trolley first).
I don't particularly like the company which I work for, However I will never underestimate the lengths to which tesco will go to increase their profit margins, and I doubt they will fail when moving into this market. - wurzelgummage, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9Here's a link to the software Formjet makes
http://www.formjetplc.com/500-products.htm
I suspect the difference between Ability Office at £20 compared to whatever the hell MSOffice costs, will be a no-brainer to the average British punter.
Competition is good. - surfit, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Do you know that they have three levels of products throughout their store, each targeted at three basic groups of shoppers?
The reason they use that horrible branding on the cheap stuff is to make rich people (ie the other two groups) too embarrassed to purchase on that level.
Effectively they cater for everyone but through packaging they can push customers to purchase the products that they want them to buy. - surfit, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8I would say Tesco has a far better reputation than competitors like Wal-mart.
- arizonagroove, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7"will they be still asking paper or plastic?"
You don't live in the UK do you? I have never been asked that in a supermarket. I've never seen a supermarket that offers paper bags. - Hensworth, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Just watch, in 30 years people will remember how Tesco used to be a supermarket chain. All major companies have had weird and different beginnings as something else and eventually evolved.
- StuartGibson, on 06/14/2009, -0/+6Nintendo also ran brothels. (Sorry, love hotels - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo First paragraph)
- mdalan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6It's actually a fairly good move. You go for Tesco to save money on commodity items; why not on commodity software? Most people aren't Word/Excell power users.
Though I wonder if they'll have to provide a help desk -- that could be a major distraction. - CBTF, on 10/12/2007, -5/+10Why not? They might hire decent people. That's faulty logic.
- Mwd500, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5I don't think they are nuts, there are a lot of people out there who just want simple software to write a letter or spell check their homework on before printing. They will never get any professional users but Tesco have always done very well by providing cheap products to the high percentage of the market that don't care what it says on the tin as long as it works when they need it. Always preferred Sainsburys myself.
- MSP1, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6Conversely, why worry about the people who are gullible enough to shell out for Microsoft’s overpriced and bloated products?
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Beer? Check
Cigarettes? Check
Bacon? Check
My god, you're right! - Akyan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Although quite a lot of uk supermarkets use biodegradable plastics for their bags now....
- Angostura, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Let's see:
LG (aka Lucky Goldstar) started as a playing card manufacture
Nokia was a lumber company, if I remember correctly.
Others? - meatmcguffin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Nintendo was a playing card company many years ago and, at one point, dabbled in buying disused bowling alleys and installing light gun games in them.
- PAJK, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Waitrose is for snobs. :)
- PAJK, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I think this is pretty cool. The Tesco software will be just as good as MS office, as far as the home user is concerned. All people want to do is write a letter, print it out -- perhaps keep a simple spreadsheet, and Tesco recognizes this.
This, I believe, will be quite a blow to other software makers, such as MS. And while people can "simply" be educated about Open Source, purchasing a product guarantees prompt and concise support, that people don't wanna have to research.
For what people need to do, home users are paying ridiculous amounts for their software -- that powerful functionality that makes the software so expensive is not being put to use by the general public.
So, I do think this is an incredible move on Tescos part, they certainly know what they're doing, it's very smart and will certainly work well in their favour. - RickySan65, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3ehm.. shareholders?
- melenko, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4You know to search for open source, and most people here will do that. This is going to be aimed at the people that don't get why Office isn't there when the've installed Windows and everything.
Maybe some of this will have an affect on other developers now that cheap software is going to have advertising for it. - WonderSwan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Tesco's 5-hour war against Denmark (c/o the TV show, 'Time Trumpet':
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfSi0D7KESk - LiQuiDCo2, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3My folks used to have tesco internet (56k dial up)
and they changed to BroadBand with my persuasion
uninstalling the tesco software was painful and it never fully dissapered
lets hope that their "Budget Software" isnt the same - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3There's currently a 'Say no to tesco' campaign in my town to stop the building of a big huge Tescos right slap bang in the centre of town, 20 seconds walk from the market and local shops
- PAJK, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3LOL what? The shelf-stackers aren't producing the software...
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I love the value lines in supermarkets, 99% of the time it's the EXACT SAME contents, just in differant packaging and for half the price
...that makes me sound really cheap doesn't it, oh well - arizonagroove, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3"There is a Tesco ISP, Tesco VOIP phone service, Tesco MP3 players, etc. etc."
Credit card, insurance (from cars to dogs), loans, savings, breakdown cover, mobile phone service, home phone service, Tesco Direct (think Argos).
You could pretty much live your life spending money nowhere but Tesco. - finite, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3But is that what they're doing? It would make sense, but this article doesn't say they're doing that.
- turveysp, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3And yet you keep going. Interesting. Why not find a local market instead? Buy seasonal from people who've not carted the food the length of the globe. I realise that it's hard to find some things locally sometimes - razors perhaps - that kind of thing - but really only takes a minor adjustment in terms of the definition of the things one 'needs' in order to be suddenly able to find them locally. If you already hate the junk, and it sounds very much like you do, caveats regarding your own geographical situation aside (you might live on the Shetlands - what do I know), you shouldn't have too much trouble finding good quality food closer to home.
- Robotsu, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2"The only people who are going to be tempted are fools who can't be bothered to take an interest in their computer or what they put on it."
.. You mean the remaining 95% of computer users? - surfing, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Sounds like Tesco = Walmart
- oxiegen, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Paper?
- bugfaceuk, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Tesco heard there was a lot of spam on the internet, now they've gotten into software? Probably a smart move, but where does this end? Microsoft strike back by offering 3 for 2 on Windows XP (well it is past its best before date)?
- stoanhart, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2"The only reason I don't like them is they have too much money, so I reason they are ripping me off"
That has got to be the stupidest ***** argument I have ever heared. Yeah, Tesco has got a lot of money. So does Walmart, and every other mega-franchise chain. They do it through volume. They sell you stuff so cheap, they make maybe a few cents on a product. That is not ripping you off. The reason this works is because everyone loves low prices. When you sell billions of items for only a few cents profit, it adds up to a lot of money.
Tesco's business model works on their own catch phrase: "Every little helps" - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2so a uk supermarket is selling on software for cheap,
for the less tech savvy user (which is probably about 98% of the uk population) how is that a bad thing? they get software for a fraction of the price of their alternatives good for them. - Angostura, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Curious. I've never been in a Tesco that didn't have a fresh fruit and veg counter and a meat/fish section. Certainly they have their fare share of junk food, but never exclusively.
Still prefer Waitrose, of course. - shortkid422, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2""When it comes to software there is little choice and prices are high," said Tesco buyer Daniel Cook."
I beg to differ. - arizonagroove, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"Oh god I can see it... white machines with blue stripes..."
Maybe only a matter of time. They sell a Tesco Value branded DVD player already.
"The reason they use that horrible branding on the cheap stuff is to make rich people (ie the other two groups) too embarrassed to purchase on that level."
That's not a Tesco thing though, that's a marketing thing. - gd007, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2will they be still asking paper or plastic?
- miaow, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1its being arranged by formjet, so im guessing the anti-virus they will promote will be panda ???
http://www.formjet.co.uk/ - mxcl, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Sure I have a choice, and I made it, I don't shop there anymore.
But, everyone else out there likes Tescos, and probably for good reasons:
1. There's always a Tescos round the corner
2. The prices are good
3. They sell everything
The only reason I don't like them is they have too much money, so I reason they are ripping me off, and I don't like it when companies get too big, they get too powerful. So I'm a wierdo and thus nobody else out there subscribes to my opinion.
Sucess of voting with wallet: Minimal.
Number of times I see comments that tell someone to vote with their wallet every day on Digg: Fricking Loads. - Robotsu, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Tesco has the potential to be successful for a variety of reasons, and I am excited to see this play out. The truth is that most people could care less what they put inside their PC's, as long as they are reasonably assured that it will do what it says it does, not cost extravagant prices up front, or take a long time to learn. And even on the price point consumers are flexible as long as the learning curve is low and the product works.
With their strong name brand and, most importantly, their **unparalleled distribution abilities** with software, this is sure to be a smash hit. In 5 to 10 years this portion of the company will be ***** banking. - miaow, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1the office suite looks like its ability software, which is already pretty cheap.
http://www.ability.com/
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/shopper/reviews/75295/ability-software-ability-office-4.html
if it means weaning the herd away from microsoft (at least until they bring their prices to a reasonable level) then i suppose we should be grateful for that. - mxcl, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1If it sounds stupid to you it's probably because you don't understand much about it.
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