I am not an accountant (and I don't play one on tv). When you buy, you get an asset. Remember from accounting 101, assets = liabilites + owners equity ?
With an asset, you are then able to depreciate the asset over it's "useful life", say 3 years. After 3 years you cannot depreciate the asset any more, and you still have an "asset". something else to consider when you own, is the cost associated with replacing the equipment. You just can't throw them in the garbage, they need to be "cleaned" and recycled.
Leasing on the other hand falls under "liabilities". All things being equal, more liabilities would make your Owners equity smaller (see equation above), thus resulting in a "smaller" bottom line, thus having to pay less taxes.
There are probably 1000's of other reasons out there as well.
I work for a company which has a policy of only supporting IE. I have been lobbying to get the funds to rewrite some of IE specific code. Hopefully I will be able to do it in '05
I can't figure out why it will support M$ format? Even if people do use windoze media player, they shouldn't proliferate the wma format. No good can come of it.
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The US gov't absolutely needs to get that chunk of $$$. It should be NASA's primary focus. 20 Trillion would give our children a future.
to china: Please stop exporting those cheap-ass happy meal toys! I hate them and my kids 'gotta have them. Then start buying american software.
From: a father/software engineer
I am not an accountant (and I don't play one on tv). When you buy, you get an asset. Remember from accounting 101, assets = liabilites + owners equity ?
With an asset, you are then able to depreciate the asset over it's "useful life", say 3 years. After 3 years you cannot depreciate the asset any more, and you still have an "asset". something else to consider when you own, is the cost associated with replacing the equipment. You just can't throw them in the garbage, they need to be "cleaned" and recycled.
Leasing on the other hand falls under "liabilities". All things being equal, more liabilities would make your Owners equity smaller (see equation above), thus resulting in a "smaller" bottom line, thus having to pay less taxes.
There are probably 1000's of other reasons out there as well.
Let's not the millions of poor who can't even feed themselves.
I disabled JavaScript and image animations and I was able to actually view the page. Whoever designed that page needs to be shot.
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hmmm, It's also great for M$, I bet they stop patching their security holes and start patenting them. So they can sue to get a piece of that pie!
I work for a company which has a policy of only supporting IE. I have been lobbying to get the funds to rewrite some of IE specific code. Hopefully I will be able to do it in '05
I can't figure out why it will support M$ format? Even if people do use windoze media player, they shouldn't proliferate the wma format. No good can come of it.