Look at LinuxOne from Microsoft's point of view. They absolutely have to be ROFL at the Linux community. They probably wish they had thought of it first. Linux involved in a HUGE flop, and probably a future legal/financial scandal to boot!
Just the thing to propel the FUD-mobile into the new millennium (begins Jan.1,2001).
I really think an investigation into LinuxOne is in order. And if it can be proven, Linus, along with all the legitimate Linux distributions large and small should publicly denounce LinuxOne as a fraud as soon as possible.
The Standard and Deluxe editions may be installed on as many machines as you can find. Only the secure server packeages in the Professional Edition cannot be legally installed on mutiple machines.
Yes the schools can download and burn the distribution now. But that isn't as 'free' as giving away the whole box set- with printed manuals and a CD that can go home and get installed there too. I hope the offer of paid support for these kits can be extended to Standard Edition users who can't install it and thinks 'root' is the underside of a tree.
The article stated that the tax pre-dates the internet. It's been on the books for 60 years, but was not stringently enforced. Now that there is money there to be stolen, they will try enforcing it.
I find that buying online is not always a bargin. Sure the initial cost may be lower than something bought locally, and up until now no tax was charged on most interstate purchases, but the shipping and handling charges tended to even things out. Add to that the wait-time involved to receive your items (allow 2-4 weeks for delivery- more if backordered). Annoying at best.
Now here comes the government- not only are you going to wait to receive your purchase and have little to no savings on it- but you now have to pay taxes on it AND the shipping costs.
The government is afraid of losing "their" tax dollars. The money isn't theirs, its ours. And we want to keep as much of it as possible. This move if adopted nationaly, it will not kill off eCommerce entirely ("There's a sucker born every minute." -PT Barnum) but it will hamper the industry. I for one will have to take a closer look to see if buying something online and waiting is worth the extra costs (in time and money) involved.
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Look at LinuxOne from Microsoft's point of view.
They absolutely have to be ROFL at the Linux community.
They probably wish they had thought of it first.
Linux involved in a HUGE flop, and probably a future legal/financial scandal to boot!
Just the thing to propel the FUD-mobile into the new millennium (begins Jan.1,2001).
I really think an investigation into LinuxOne is in order.
And if it can be proven, Linus, along with all the legitimate Linux distributions large and small should publicly denounce LinuxOne as a fraud as soon as possible.
WireHead
Red Hat doesn't ship a distribution with WordPerfect on the same CD.
What others do with it after they download it...
WireHead
Not true.
The Standard and Deluxe editions may be installed on as many machines as you can find.
Only the secure server packeages in the Professional Edition cannot be legally installed on mutiple machines.
WireHead
Nice move!
Yes the schools can download and burn the distribution now. But that isn't as 'free' as giving away the whole box set- with printed manuals and a CD that can go home and get installed there too. I hope the offer of paid support for these kits can be extended to Standard Edition users who can't install it and thinks 'root' is the underside of a tree.
WireHead
The article stated that the tax pre-dates the internet. It's been on the books for 60 years, but was not stringently enforced. Now that there is money there to be stolen, they will try enforcing it.
WireHead
I find that buying online is not always a bargin. Sure the initial cost may be lower than something bought locally, and up until now no tax was charged on most interstate purchases, but the shipping and handling charges tended to even things out. Add to that the wait-time involved to receive your items (allow 2-4 weeks for delivery- more if backordered). Annoying at best.
Now here comes the government- not only are you going to wait to receive your purchase and have little to no savings on it- but you now have to pay taxes on it AND the shipping costs.
The government is afraid of losing "their" tax dollars. The money isn't theirs, its ours. And we want to keep as much of it as possible. This move if adopted nationaly, it will not kill off eCommerce entirely ("There's a sucker born every minute." -PT Barnum) but it will hamper the industry. I for one will have to take a closer look to see if buying something online and waiting is worth the extra costs (in time and money) involved.
Wire Head