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Microsoft Told to Pay Tax on License Fee

Posted by samzenpus on 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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  1. pwndbyowneula tag. by Whiney+Mac+Fanboy · · Score: 5, Informative

    I suggest two new tags - 'pwndbyowneula' or 'canthaveitbothways' (although the old faithful 'haha' adequately expresses the extent of my sympathy for MS).

    Oh, and for those wondering, RS 700 crore == 175 Million USD. (a crore is 10 million).

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    1. Re:pwndbyowneula tag. by russlar · · Score: 5, Informative

      The Safari for Windows EULA has language prohibiting Safari form being installed on anything but a mac. It was posted on slashdot a few days ago. that's the joke I was referencing.

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  2. Re:Obligatory by Whiney+Mac+Fanboy · · Score: 4, Informative

    This must mean that 2008 will be the year of Linux on the desktop!

    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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  3. Re:Got Karma? by mgblst · · Score: 3, Informative

    12% = 1200 points. You must get pretty surprised when they announce on the news that Interest Rates are going up 75 points?