Tesco has announced that they will start selling their own Office suite in competition to Microsoft Office. The office suite will be part of a range of new products sold under the Tesco brand.
There will be anti-virus, firewall and office products available.
All products come from known manufacturers, re-branded to the Tesco name. Support is via the web only (no phone support) provided by a separate company.
The office suite will be provided by Ability Office http://www.ability.com/ which provides a useful set of programs. As with other office suite rivals it can't match the range and depth of features provided by Microsoft Office but is often more than enough for most people and businesses.
While the software is nothing exciting technically it is a major marketing initiative. Tesco obviously believes they can make more money out of volume sales for a cheap office suite than they can selling Microsoft Office.
On a cheap cost basis the Tesco suite will be compelling for many people.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/5396488.stm
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There will be anti-virus, firewall and office products available.
All products come from known manufacturers, re-branded to the Tesco name. Support is via the web only (no phone support) provided by a separate company.
The office suite will be provided by Ability Office http://www.ability.com/ which provides a useful set of programs. As with other office suite rivals it can't match the range and depth of features provided by Microsoft Office but is often more than enough for most people and businesses.
While the software is nothing exciting technically it is a major marketing initiative. Tesco obviously believes they can make more money out of volume sales for a cheap office suite than they can selling Microsoft Office.
On a cheap cost basis the Tesco suite will be compelling for many people.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/5396488.stm
PCH