It isn't price fixing, but there is precedent for this being "wrong." Some years ago, Victoria's Secret is rumored to have had a policy of offering deeper discounts to men (who tended to purchase less "stuff"). Although their intent was probably not all that bad, it amounted to a gender tax whereby women paid more for the same items...which is more or less illegal in the US.
Amazon's sales volume is such that there are bound to be differences between certain groups (e.g, men v. women, ethnic groups), and that isn't good for anybody in the long run.
I understand your concerns, but take a step back an look at this as one aspect of the whole operation:
Do you block access to certain phone numbers from the pay phones in the laundromat?
Do you prevent people from saying or discussing certain topics in the laundromat?
Do you monitor what reading materials people bring into the laundromat? Can people bring objectionable material into laundromat? If so, who decides what is objectionable?
If you do any/all of these things, go ahead and block, filter, and screen away. Otherwise, look at this as just another channel and let people do what they will. If someone challenges you and fighting it matters enough, you should have no trouble setting up a legal defense fund and getting First Amendment expertise. Somebody has to sit at the front of the bus. Good luck.
The VIIx has a built-in wireless modem and a flashable OS. The VD has neither.
If OmniSky (or ?) ever builds a wireless modem in a Springboard form factor (rumor is "Fall 2000") you can install it in the VD. Until then, you have to spool twisted pair w/RJ-11 off your belt (BF=very high).
I can write in a language that doesn't really exist for a platform (.net) we may never see. Fortunately, I can use a vapor-protocol (SOAP) to communicate between these non-existent apps. I hope that MS will come up with some even-more-proprietary extensions so I can hook it all up to my Cairo-based BizTalk server.
I agree with the above...A company I worked for some years ago went through a similar audit and had to pay a "use tax" for all relevant items purchased out of state. The use tax was equivalent to the state sales tax. This was true for things purchased via the net, but also by phone, fax, letter, pigeon, etc. Everybody in states with laws like this is *supposed* to do this, although not everyone does. Until they get audited.
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It isn't price fixing, but there is precedent for this being "wrong." Some years ago, Victoria's Secret is rumored to have had a policy of offering deeper discounts to men (who tended to purchase less "stuff"). Although their intent was probably not all that bad, it amounted to a gender tax whereby women paid more for the same items...which is more or less illegal in the US.
Amazon's sales volume is such that there are bound to be differences between certain groups (e.g, men v. women, ethnic groups), and that isn't good for anybody in the long run.
- Do you block access to certain phone numbers from the pay phones in the laundromat?
- Do you prevent people from saying or discussing certain topics in the laundromat?
- Do you monitor what reading materials people bring into the laundromat? Can people bring objectionable material into laundromat? If so, who decides what is objectionable?
If you do any/all of these things, go ahead and block, filter, and screen away. Otherwise, look at this as just another channel and let people do what they will. If someone challenges you and fighting it matters enough, you should have no trouble setting up a legal defense fund and getting First Amendment expertise. Somebody has to sit at the front of the bus. Good luck.Yeah, but it is roughly equal to the market cap of Corel.
The VIIx has a built-in wireless modem and a flashable OS. The VD has neither.
If OmniSky (or ?) ever builds a wireless modem in a Springboard form factor (rumor is "Fall 2000") you can install it in the VD. Until then, you have to spool twisted pair w/RJ-11 off your belt (BF=very high).
I can write in a language that doesn't really exist for a platform (.net) we may never see. Fortunately, I can use a vapor-protocol (SOAP) to communicate between these non-existent apps. I hope that MS will come up with some even-more-proprietary extensions so I can hook it all up to my Cairo-based BizTalk server.
I agree with the above...A company I worked for some years ago went through a similar audit and had to pay a "use tax" for all relevant items purchased out of state. The use tax was equivalent to the state sales tax. This was true for things purchased via the net, but also by phone, fax, letter, pigeon, etc. Everybody in states with laws like this is *supposed* to do this, although not everyone does. Until they get audited.