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Microsoft Told to Pay Tax on License Fee
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samzenpus
on Thu Apr 03, 2008 12:20 AM
from the we-do-whatever-is-cheaper dept.
from the we-do-whatever-is-cheaper dept.
MissingRainbow writes "To avoid paying taxes in India, Microsoft wanted a court to believe that it is selling its product and that there are no royalty payments involved. Their own EULA worked against them in this particular case however as it states, "the product is licensed, not sold". The court ruled against them."
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pwndbyowneula tag. (Score:5, Informative)
Oh, and for those wondering, RS 700 crore == 175 Million USD. (a crore is 10 million).
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Got Karma? (Score:5, Funny)
He who lives .... (Score:5, Funny)
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dear god! (Score:5, Insightful)
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Just gimme an option in my settings [slashdot.org] to change it back.
Please?
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Re:dear god! (Score:5, Funny)
Around here they call that idea "taller."
p.s. Sorry for the smallness in length of this post.
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Re:dear god! (Score:5, Funny)
To what? OMG PWNIEZ?
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Hey Slashdot, the 1980s called, they want their GUI back.
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Is this calculated in the TCO? (Score:5, Funny)
Damnit! I have gone for YEARS without using the term or anything similar simply because I thought it was stupid. Now look who's doing it?
Microsoft in the same boat as software "pirates" (Score:5, Funny)
Well look who is in the same boat...
Re:If only Washington State would tax Microsoft to (Score:5, Funny)
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Re:Obligatory (Score:5, Informative)
Totally offtopic, please mod me down, but 2008 is the year of Linux on the desktop already!
Asus can't make enough eeePCs to meet demand, other retailers are coming out with cheap linux desktop products, Linux is finally being offered as an alternative by system builders.
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HP and WalMart (Score:5, Insightful)
Have both been selling machines with Linux for many years. HP offers Linux on, I believe, nearly every box they sell and drivers for nearly every printer.
Instead let's talk instead about the eee PC from ASUS, and the clones of it, and all those hot new cheap mini laptops and mobile internet devices based on Intel's Atom that won't run Vista.
Microsoft had better pay their taxes while they still can.
XP dies in June. Unless they extend it every last one of those boxes is going out the door with Intel's MobiLinux or a distro that supports that platform. Let's talk about BMW, where Linux comes standard with many models.
Forget Linux on the desktop. 2008 is the year of Linux in your pocket, in your dashboard, in your cable box, on your lap and bringing the third world online without contributing too much to global warming. Desktop? What do you need a desk for any more? Next year that question may read "What's a desk?"
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