A) If I were to wright a piece of software for my own use, at my company, but not distrubute it to anyone outside said company, can it be taxed?
B) If they tax the 'right-to-use' software... Well, technically, everyone has the right to use a free software, that's what makes it free. So, can I be taxed on software that I don't use?
C) If they can tax computer software, does software for gaming consoles come next? (If this was, as was commented, an attempt at getting support from the non-tech community, would they do the same thing with the non-gaming community?)
D) For software that has both client and server parts, will companies be charged for the use of both the client, and the server it connects to, or just the client?
By the way: I do realize that most of the users here very likely know more about computers than I ever will, and I respect them for it. I just find the idea of worse than average users easily passing an exam that I am studying so hard to pass, and am very nervous about, very saddening, and almost depressing to think about. Sure, I wasn't around when computers in the home were unheard of, nor was I interested in computers until just a few years ago. But I don't feel that this should put me behind in the future job market, when I will have worked so hard to become certified for the purpose of working with computers, and someone ahead of me may have read a book for ten minutes and taken a test where they knew all the answers already, but will only know those answers for however long it takes them to take the test.
The reason that I am helping with my school's computers is because the 'admin' left the school. Can you guess what certifications the "admin" had? Nothing in computers; her field of study was veterinary. Yet I am said to not know enough about computers to help the school. I helped the former 'admin' from time to time, and she did nothing that I didn't know; I showed her some things that she didn't know, in fact. I feel that I am distrusted by many people, though I have never given them reason not to trust me. I understand that it is no longer an 'innocent until proven guilty' kind of world, but I would think that by this point I would have earned trust, as I am reliable, even if I seem slow at times because I like to be sure of myself. (I like to avoid mistakes, even if it means taking longer to finish what I'm doing, or asking before doing something that can't be undone or will be a pain to undo. Perhaps this is an annoyance to some people, but, slow and steady wins the race. This would sound like an archaic explanation to my peers, and perhaps to you, but if the shoe fits, wear it.) If I can work with the computers, make them work better, and keep them working, I don't see why I shouldn't help out. If I was to run in to some trouble, we have a Careers Center next door, and they have several people who are highly certified, and who would gladly give me advice.
As I have gone on another complaining spree, though this time shorter winded andbetter grammatically, I believe it proper that I say that my previous apology still stands.
I am greatly offended by your comments. I am currently taking a class to prepare me to get an A+ certification, and people say that we shouldn't be allowed to take the exam, because we are 'just memorizing the answers' and are too young to really know what we're talking about. But that's what it's about. I you don't memorize the information, how can you pass the test, or, more important, be a good repair person/troubleshooter/etc. Are we supposed to just make this up as we go along? Am I supposed to work with computers for 30 years, then fail the exam twice before passing it in order to be considered competent? The certifications on the lower levels of the ladder are supposed to be passable. We all have to start somewhere, and just because I didn't start when computers were first available, or even know much of what I know now when I finally did start using them, doesn't mean that I, and people like myself, shouldn't be able to get a certification. If the lowest cert was one that is six levels up now, who would pass it the first time? The low level certifications aren't useless, as a previous user stated, and I feel insulted that I have taken a class to pass a test that, should people or ideas like the afore mentioned user and his/her way of thinking take over, will soon be useless, and do no more for me that mark me as a certified average user. Not that I, or any of my associates, have been directly or personally attacked by Slashdot users. I am just tired of being shunned for my inexperience by adults who can't plug in their own mouse, or find the power button on the monitor. I help with the computers at my school, and was recently told by a staff member of apparently unknown or use that I was not to work with the computers anymore, as I was 'sabotaging' the work of a student from another county. Yet neither the staff member nor the student knows any more about it than myself, as the student is taking a class equivalent to my own, and the staff member didn't even know why I wasn't supposed to work with the computers. The truth was that nothing was ever said to anyone about any conflict in our work, nor was anything said by either of us to the said staff member.
I am tired of being accused of 'sabotage', as this is not the first time. Teachers who don't know where to find defrag complain about me not knowing what I'm doing, and just helping to get out of class/be malicious/etc. My father accused me of 'sabotaging' our home computer, yet he was the one who used it at the time, not I. Sorry to give the long-winded explosion unjustly, but I needed to vent, and if I can't speak about such things here, I don't know where to turn.
Again, I apologize for the unwarranted speech. I felt that this was an appropriate place for this, and the previous comments got me going.
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A) If I were to wright a piece of software for my own use, at my company, but not distrubute it to anyone outside said company, can it be taxed?
B) If they tax the 'right-to-use' software... Well, technically, everyone has the right to use a free software, that's what makes it free. So, can I be taxed on software that I don't use?
C) If they can tax computer software, does software for gaming consoles come next? (If this was, as was commented, an attempt at getting support from the non-tech community, would they do the same thing with the non-gaming community?)
D) For software that has both client and server parts, will companies be charged for the use of both the client, and the server it connects to, or just the client?
This opens too many doors for my taste.
By the way: I do realize that most of the users here very likely know more about computers than I ever will, and I respect them for it. I just find the idea of worse than average users easily passing an exam that I am studying so hard to pass, and am very nervous about, very saddening, and almost depressing to think about. Sure, I wasn't around when computers in the home were unheard of, nor was I interested in computers until just a few years ago. But I don't feel that this should put me behind in the future job market, when I will have worked so hard to become certified for the purpose of working with computers, and someone ahead of me may have read a book for ten minutes and taken a test where they knew all the answers already, but will only know those answers for however long it takes them to take the test.
The reason that I am helping with my school's computers is because the 'admin' left the school. Can you guess what certifications the "admin" had? Nothing in computers; her field of study was veterinary. Yet I am said to not know enough about computers to help the school. I helped the former 'admin' from time to time, and she did nothing that I didn't know; I showed her some things that she didn't know, in fact. I feel that I am distrusted by many people, though I have never given them reason not to trust me. I understand that it is no longer an 'innocent until proven guilty' kind of world, but I would think that by this point I would have earned trust, as I am reliable, even if I seem slow at times because I like to be sure of myself. (I like to avoid mistakes, even if it means taking longer to finish what I'm doing, or asking before doing something that can't be undone or will be a pain to undo. Perhaps this is an annoyance to some people, but, slow and steady wins the race. This would sound like an archaic explanation to my peers, and perhaps to you, but if the shoe fits, wear it.) If I can work with the computers, make them work better, and keep them working, I don't see why I shouldn't help out. If I was to run in to some trouble, we have a Careers Center next door, and they have several people who are highly certified, and who would gladly give me advice.
As I have gone on another complaining spree, though this time shorter winded andbetter grammatically, I believe it proper that I say that my previous apology still stands.
I am greatly offended by your comments. I am currently taking a class to prepare me to get an A+ certification, and people say that we shouldn't be allowed to take the exam, because we are 'just memorizing the answers' and are too young to really know what we're talking about. But that's what it's about. I you don't memorize the information, how can you pass the test, or, more important, be a good repair person/troubleshooter/etc. Are we supposed to just make this up as we go along? Am I supposed to work with computers for 30 years, then fail the exam twice before passing it in order to be considered competent? The certifications on the lower levels of the ladder are supposed to be passable. We all have to start somewhere, and just because I didn't start when computers were first available, or even know much of what I know now when I finally did start using them, doesn't mean that I, and people like myself, shouldn't be able to get a certification. If the lowest cert was one that is six levels up now, who would pass it the first time? The low level certifications aren't useless, as a previous user stated, and I feel insulted that I have taken a class to pass a test that, should people or ideas like the afore mentioned user and his/her way of thinking take over, will soon be useless, and do no more for me that mark me as a certified average user. Not that I, or any of my associates, have been directly or personally attacked by Slashdot users. I am just tired of being shunned for my inexperience by adults who can't plug in their own mouse, or find the power button on the monitor. I help with the computers at my school, and was recently told by a staff member of apparently unknown or use that I was not to work with the computers anymore, as I was 'sabotaging' the work of a student from another county. Yet neither the staff member nor the student knows any more about it than myself, as the student is taking a class equivalent to my own, and the staff member didn't even know why I wasn't supposed to work with the computers. The truth was that nothing was ever said to anyone about any conflict in our work, nor was anything said by either of us to the said staff member. I am tired of being accused of 'sabotage', as this is not the first time. Teachers who don't know where to find defrag complain about me not knowing what I'm doing, and just helping to get out of class/be malicious/etc. My father accused me of 'sabotaging' our home computer, yet he was the one who used it at the time, not I. Sorry to give the long-winded explosion unjustly, but I needed to vent, and if I can't speak about such things here, I don't know where to turn. Again, I apologize for the unwarranted speech. I felt that this was an appropriate place for this, and the previous comments got me going.
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