I know of one person who when to Iraq enticed by the prospect of large quantities of tax free cash. I think it was something like GBP15,000 per month.
After having his car bombed three times in the space of one month, he decided that no amount of money was worth the the very real risk of being killed.
As he returned without spending a full tax year out of the country, he had to pay UK tax on his earnings. He now earns about GBP25,000 per year, and pays tax on that.
True. It is the same in India, and pretty much every where else in the world.
Lets just say that the tax was part of the living costs. The point of the illustration was to show that the grandparent was right to say that the Indian would be 100x better off than the American / European. Even if you add tax as an additional expense, the figures still work.
Indian goes to America, and earns $50,000 per year for two years. He spends $25,000 per year on his living costs, so when he returns to India, he has $50,000 in the bank.
American goes to India, and earns $5,000 per year for two years. He spends $2,500 per year on his living costs, so when he returns to America, he has $5,000 in the bank.
Now lets look at the Indian. He is now living in India with $50,000, which the equivalent of ten years salary in the bank. That is a pretty reasonable sum of money. You are well on your way to being able to retire on that.
What about the American. He is now living in America with $5,000 in the bank. That is the equivalent of about 5 weeks salary. Enough to cover fluctuations in his outgoings and prevent him from going overdrawn. Probably better than a lot of people, but nothing spectacular.
Having said that, gnu/linux before openoffice.org arrived was very much in the geek's toy category.
Pretty much everyone needs an office suite, and the likes of KOffice, Gnome Office and so on weren't really up to the task. They just weren't ready, and some could argue that they still aren't.
Openoffice.org for all it's faults is a pretty worthy msoffice competitor, and that, probably more than anything else, has made gnu/linux on the desktop a viable proposition.
We don't complain if you take ReactOS or PearPC and put it on a filesharing network. In fact we encourage you to do this.
What we complain about is taking something, changing the name, a few text strings and some images, and claiming you wrote it yourself.
This would be like taking one of Britney Spear's songs, changing the name and saying it was you who wrote it. I can't think why you would want to do that, but nevertheless, it could happen.
In terms of branding, Firefox is a much stronger name than Mozilla.
I've heard lots of non-techy people say that they have heard of this thing called Firefox. Some of them have even tried it, and are pretty impressed with what they saw.
Mention Mozilla to these same people, and they won't know what you are talking about.
There may even be a case for putting Thunderbird, Sunbird and Nvu under the Firefox brand.
That's OK. You can trademark the appearance of the packaging. But if they were to try and trademark the appearance of the brown coloured liquid inside it, I would say they were going too far.
Nothing Coca Cola is going there is stopping Pepsi from producing a competing product.
While this is true, it is still only one vendor they have to support.
If Microsoft (or the GNU/Linux distros) only had to for example support Dell and not worry about anyone else, then yes of course they would have to follow all Dell's changes in their models, but at the moment they have to follow that, and everyone else out there.
In the last elections in the UK - for the Euro Parliament, the Conservatives got 26% of the vote, and Labour got 19%. That isn't too much like a two party system. The anti-software patent UK Independence Party did pretty well in these elections.
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Not that long if they don't come up with an answer to AMD64 soon.
Itanium looks like it is a complete failure.
Probably not. Domain names are a trademark issue, and the FSF has no interest in trademark matters.
Or, in one case that I am fighting at the moment, "We sent you some paper spam. That establishes a clear prior business relationship".
Actually, $150 is about £80 these days.
The difference is that people using Kazaa pay for their bandwidth. It is one of the main reasons why people go for faster DSL connections.
Probably true, except that I guess you can live like a king for $2,500.
Your housing, food, and travel to work are paid for by the employer, so basically anything you spend is going to be on enjoying yourself.
If you have the purchasing power equivalent of $25,000 to spend on parties, you are going to have a pretty good time.
I know of one person who when to Iraq enticed by the prospect of large quantities of tax free cash. I think it was something like GBP15,000 per month.
After having his car bombed three times in the space of one month, he decided that no amount of money was worth the the very real risk of being killed.
As he returned without spending a full tax year out of the country, he had to pay UK tax on his earnings. He now earns about GBP25,000 per year, and pays tax on that.
Yes, he could log to /dev/null. There are sites that have that policy.
Doesn't work in the UK if you are an ISP though. The RIP Act requires them to keep logs.
True. It is the same in India, and pretty much every where else in the world.
Lets just say that the tax was part of the living costs. The point of the illustration was to show that the grandparent was right to say that the Indian would be 100x better off than the American / European. Even if you add tax as an additional expense, the figures still work.
Lets demonstrate with some figures.
Indian goes to America, and earns $50,000 per year for two years. He spends $25,000 per year on his living costs, so when he returns to India, he has $50,000 in the bank.
American goes to India, and earns $5,000 per year for two years. He spends $2,500 per year on his living costs, so when he returns to America, he has $5,000 in the bank.
Now lets look at the Indian. He is now living in India with $50,000, which the equivalent of ten years salary in the bank. That is a pretty reasonable sum of money. You are well on your way to being able to retire on that.
What about the American. He is now living in America with $5,000 in the bank. That is the equivalent of about 5 weeks salary. Enough to cover fluctuations in his outgoings and prevent him from going overdrawn. Probably better than a lot of people, but nothing spectacular.
The slight problem with that as far as I can see is as follows:
Your licence says I can distribute your software under the terms of GPLv2.
GPLv2 says I can distribute your software under the terms of GPLv3.
I am distributing your software under the terms of GPLv3, therefore I am complying with the terms of your GPLv2 licence.
The slight problem with that as far as I can see is as follows:
Your licence says I can distribute your software under the terms of GPLv2.
GPLv2 says I can distribute your software under the terms of GPLv3.
I am distributing your software under the terms of GPLv3, therefore I am complying with the therms of your GPLv2 licence.
Real video cameras generally don't have flashing LEDs. That tends to be reserved for the fake ones.
Having said that, gnu/linux before openoffice.org arrived was very much in the geek's toy category.
Pretty much everyone needs an office suite, and the likes of KOffice, Gnome Office and so on weren't really up to the task. They just weren't ready, and some could argue that they still aren't.
Openoffice.org for all it's faults is a pretty worthy msoffice competitor, and that, probably more than anything else, has made gnu/linux on the desktop a viable proposition.
> Let me know when George Bush beheads someone and airs it on TV.
No problem. How about Saddam's two sons Uday and Quasay Hussein?
If I want to check use my phone to check for email, then pop3/imap is very useful.
We don't complain if you take ReactOS or PearPC and put it on a filesharing network. In fact we encourage you to do this.
What we complain about is taking something, changing the name, a few text strings and some images, and claiming you wrote it yourself.
This would be like taking one of Britney Spear's songs, changing the name and saying it was you who wrote it. I can't think why you would want to do that, but nevertheless, it could happen.
In terms of branding, Firefox is a much stronger name than Mozilla.
I've heard lots of non-techy people say that they have heard of this thing called Firefox. Some of them have even tried it, and are pretty impressed with what they saw.
Mention Mozilla to these same people, and they won't know what you are talking about.
There may even be a case for putting Thunderbird, Sunbird and Nvu under the Firefox brand.
I've never seen a copy of the New York Times where I live - in England.
I've seen the International Herald Tribune and USA Today, as well as lots of British and European papers.
That's OK. You can trademark the appearance of the packaging. But if they were to try and trademark the appearance of the brown coloured liquid inside it, I would say they were going too far.
Nothing Coca Cola is going there is stopping Pepsi from producing a competing product.
While this is true, it is still only one vendor they have to support.
If Microsoft (or the GNU/Linux distros) only had to for example support Dell and not worry about anyone else, then yes of course they would have to follow all Dell's changes in their models, but at the moment they have to follow that, and everyone else out there.
112 works in most of Europe. 999 will also work in UK and Ireland.
They also won the IG Noble prize for chemistry in recognition of their efforts.
Singapore is probably the cleanest city in the world. I would have no proble consuming food from there.
In the last elections in the UK - for the Euro Parliament, the Conservatives got 26% of the vote, and Labour got 19%. That isn't too much like a two party system. The anti-software patent UK Independence Party did pretty well in these elections.