UK's Biggest Supermarket Challenges Microsoft

An anonymous reader writes "The UK's equivalent of Walmart is taking on Microsoft in the software game. Tesco is famous for it's cheap 'value' food, but it's now offering 'value' alternatives to Microsoft's biggest products. From the article: 'Now, when you traverse the aisles in search of baked beans, sanitary towels and two-for-one packs of raw mince (hamburger), you can grab yourself a copy of Tesco Office (£20) — an alternative to the almost de-facto standard that is Microsoft Office — or Tesco Antivirus (£10), which is designed to keep your PC free of malware.' Tesco apparently 'takes one in every eight pounds spent in the UK'."

Comments

Their website is near-useless...

[MMC Monster]

As someone from the U.S., just navigating their website sucks. http://www.tesco.com/ doesn't even seem to have software, let alone a MS Office replacement.

Re:old news...

[VJ42]

I submitted it this morning(11 hrs ago), with more info in my summary. Same thing happened:

UKs Biggest retailer starts own-brand software Tuesday October 03, @09:00AM Rejected

*watches karma burning*

I'm going for the record ..

[rs232]

I'm going for the record of most rejects posted to Slashdot ..

Software supermarket , Sunday October 01, @01:35PM , Rejected
slow rendering and google-analytics.com , Monday September 25, @12:30PM , Rejected
IE flaw bypasses fully patched systems , Wednesday September 20, @02:57PM , Rejected
MS behind discredit campaign says EU commissioner , Wednesday September 20, @02:43PM , Rejected
Open Source firm secures M$7.5 In funding . , Sunday September 17, @03:34PM , Rejected
restrictions on testing security , Sunday September 17, @02:24PM , Rejected
Samsung website hacked .. , Saturday September 09, @04:14PM , Rejected
forbes rehashes old fud , Friday September 08, @12:59PM , Rejected
Man jailed for speed camera blast , Wednesday September 06, @04:18PM , Rejected
politically correct insanity , Friday September 01, @01:09PM , Rejected
competitors mimic functionality , Monday August 28, @02:11PM , Rejected
non-final core components , Thursday August 17, @07:45PM , Rejected
Oracle and no cost Linux , Tuesday August 01, @01:59PM , Rejected
attack of the suicide virus , Monday July 31, @04:25PM , Rejected
the darker side of open source , Monday July 17, @03:11PM , Rejected
Oracle License Agreement , Tuesday July 11, @10:51AM , Rejected
switch to Mac for security advises Sophos , Wednesday July 05, @01:54PM , Rejected
part time barman IT manager wanted , Thursday June 29, @05:56PM , Rejected
a solution to unauthorized apps , Wednesday June 21, @12:29PM , Rejected
saint bill , Saturday June 17, @02:17PM , Rejected
Third World fuels malware , Wednesday June 14, @12:40PM , Rejected
the Microsoft-Sunbelt-Yankee connection , Saturday June 10, @01:48PM , Rejected
the blue bridge of death , Saturday May 27, @06:03PM , Rejected
when am I going to get a post ? , Tuesday May 23, @05:49PM , Rejected
say goodbye to the real Internet , Saturday May 20, @02:45PM , Rejected
Hilf benchmarks Linux , Friday March 24, @06:14PM , Rejected
I'm going for the record of the most rejected [pstson Slashdot ..
Software supermarket, Sunday October 01, @01:35PM , Rejected
slow rendering and google-analytics.com , Monday September 25, @12:30PM , Rejected
IE flaw bypasses fully patched systems , Wednesday September 20, @02:57PM , Rejected
MS behind discredit campaign says EU commissioner , Wednesday September 20, @02:43PM , Rejected
Open Source firm secures M$7.5 In funding . , Sunday September 17, @03:34PM , Rejected
restrictions on testing security , Sunday September 17, @02:24PM , Rejected
Samsung website hacked .. , Saturday September 09, @04:14PM , Rejected
forbes rehashes old fud , Friday September 08, @12:59PM , Rejected
Man jailed for speed camera blast , Wednesday September 06, @04:18PM , Rejected
politically correct insanity , Friday September 01, @01:09PM , Rejected
competitors mimic functionality , Monday August 28, @02:11PM , Rejected
non-final core components , Thursday August 17, @07:45PM , Rejected
Oracle and no cost Linux , Tuesday August 01, @01:59PM , Rejected
attack of the suicide virus , Monday July 31, @04:25PM , Rejected
the darker side of open source , Monday July 17, @03:11PM , Rejected
Oracle License Agreement , Tuesday July 11, @10:51AM , Rejected
switch to Mac for security advises Sophos , Wednesday July 05, @01:54PM , Rejected
part time barman IT manager wanted , Thursday June 29, @05:56PM , Rejected
a solution to unauthorized apps , Wednesday June 21, @12:29PM , Rejected
saint bill , Saturday June 17, @02:17PM , Rejected
Third World fuels malware , Wednesday June 14, @12:40PM , Rejected
the Microsoft-Sunbelt-Yankee connection , Saturday June 10, @01:48PM , Rejected
the blue bridge of death , Saturday May 27, @06:03PM , Rejected
when am I going to get a post ? , Tuesday May 23, @05:49PM , Rejected
say goodbye to the real Internet , Saturday May 20, @02: