Well then, I guess China isn't smart enough. Proxies work great over in China; it's how I can access anything I want, watch my Netflix movies (proxy in the US, Netflix doesn't know where I really am), read the BBC, etc.
Yes. Referrals to the Spanish Inquisition as reasoning to hold as justification for should have disappeared about the time the Declaration of Independence of the thirteen United States of America came into being - where we hold These Truths to be Self Evident. Or at least by the time electricity started being used...
Unless we should still be upset about the genocide committed by Muhammed in 627 against the Qurayza tribe?
It's more common than you think. Want a full size truck? Honda doesn't offer one. Want a hybrid? Good luck shopping for a BMW, Mercedes, or even Volkswagen. Need a size 58 suit jacket? Not a chance at Macy's or JC Penney's. Left handed golf clubs? No such luck at Costco.
The reality is that most stores cater to the 85-90% of the market they are in; the rest are marginalized simply because you can't make enough money on them - too much support and inventory costs to support everyone and that leaves the little niche markets for small companies.
When you're a big company, you simply cannot look to take on every small niche - you will not survive. So you live on the big chunks of the market.
OK, so 7.8% of Brazil's Gross National Income goes to Microsoft? Brazil's GNI was $7500 per capita in 2003. That means Microsoft makes about $600 per person. With 200 MILLION people in Brazil, that would be $120 BILLION in revenue from Brazil alone. Considering Microsoft's 2007 revenue was $60 billion - half of supposedly what Brazil sends to Microsoft - something's not adding up.
Two weeks ago I purchased a 2 GB player that has an FM radio, speaker, 3.5mm (not the earbud-only 2.5mm) phone jack, plays MP3s, AAC, WMA, WAV, OGG, and FLAC, and when plugged in via its standard mini-USB interface (which also charges the battery) it appears as a standard USB drive, so just drag and drop songs and you're done. The menu system can be switched between multiple languages (Mandarin, Japanese, Korean, German, French, Spanish, and English). Cost was 110 RMB, around $16. Runs exactly 6 hours on a full charge.
Oh, and it's the size of a Shuffle. So I get twice the capacity, and a LOT more functionality than the Shuffle, for 1/5th the price of the Shuffle it's a no-brainer.
Many nationals in China own Apples, and buy the real iPods (the real Apple stores - like the real Bose and real Sony stores are always packed). But most choose to go with "2nd shift" counterfeits or other brands simply because the price is so much lower per feature/functionality.
Additionally, at least in the State of Washington, the State gets to decide if your resale certs on file are valid. If they are not - regardless of a sworn statement from the business/entity that supplied the resale cert - you, the seller, are on the hook for any sales taxes that should have been collected.
In essence, the only way you can be sure you are collecting the proper amount of sales tax is to collect tax on EVERYTHING, regardless of the actual legal resale or charitable tax status of the buyer. And the buyer's statement is not enough proof to show otherwise.
Trust me, I've gone through a WA State DOR "audit" and extortion (pay us $10,000 and we'll just forgive that other $4,500 - never mind that our own directions and documentation we provided at your request 4 years ago caused you to underreport and misclassify your business as a manufacturing, not engineering/design company).
Bottom line for this "Internet Tax" issue: if it doesn't apply to catalog sales, it shouldn't apply to Internet sales. Sales out of state are sales out of state, regardless of the means of delivery of the sale.
I retain the patent; I transfer certain rights relating to that patent to the licensee. It's not a transfer of an asset at all. Rather, it is a specific legal right extended to them as the licensee of the patent. But it's still my patent.
Not necessarily. I license some of my patents, and the standard license includes full rights for the licensee to begin litigation over violations of the license. In other words, as part of their license they receive rights to also prosecute my patent for me. And yes, this is legal - the licensee has a financial interest in maintaining my patents and protecting the market.
I'm sure Monster would do the same thing - they license the tech from their Burmuda entity, and also have full rights to pursue patent infringement on behalf of their licensor.
Shipping 100,000 units a month is a runaway success? That's what a specialty gaming platform or portable workstation would ship. Most of the big players (Dell, HP, Lenovo, Acer, Toshiba) expect a given product (such as a 15.4" consumer notebook model) to ship 1 million a month or more. The bigger players move literally tens of millions of laptops a month, each.
The Eee PC is a mild success for an extremely nich product; as a runaway success? Not even close...
I live 1/3rd of my life in China (currently "at home" in Shanghai); never had much of a problem here. In fact, a quick Google (Googled Tianamen Square) just got me these:
Interestingly, about 3 months ago I could look at the Tianamen Square Protests Wikipedia page, but now I can't. Of course, the Tianamen Square page that IS available lists a good summary, and as you can see there's other protest links available.
China's a LOT less restrictive than some are making it out to be...
Where does that bottom line come from? Revenue from the customers.
Expenses and outlays of a company ALWAYS come from the customers. A business that does not turn a profit means that it does not cover expenses with funds from the customers. It's also a business that tends to disappear rather quickly, as most people do not like to continually lose money...
consider privacy, too. Two years ago, I had the "pleasure" of a WA State DOR audit. The auditor wanted me to copy our company's QuickBooks file to his USB so he could work on it at his office. Knowing the law, I said I'd run reports and print out anything he wanted, but would not give him the file because it contained delicate information (like SSNs, health information, credit card numbers, etc).
The auditor was furious, and demanded we give him the file, rather than just printouts. I said no, and he left, only to return the next day with his supervisor, who also demanded the same and said they'd get the file "legally" if needed.
I told them to give me the USB key, and we'll see. I plugged the key in and turned the monitor around so they could see 9 QuickBooks files from other companies. I asked them if they intended to share my data with the next 9 companies, like they just shared those files with me?
After much haranguing, and threat of legal action, we finally agreed on a full Excel file database dump, but with the critical fields (customer names, CC numbers, etc) wiped.
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Well then, I guess China isn't smart enough. Proxies work great over in China; it's how I can access anything I want, watch my Netflix movies (proxy in the US, Netflix doesn't know where I really am), read the BBC, etc.
Unless we should still be upset about the genocide committed by Muhammed in 627 against the Qurayza tribe?
The reality is that most stores cater to the 85-90% of the market they are in; the rest are marginalized simply because you can't make enough money on them - too much support and inventory costs to support everyone and that leaves the little niche markets for small companies.
When you're a big company, you simply cannot look to take on every small niche - you will not survive. So you live on the big chunks of the market.
Yeah, because everyone knows that if you only target 90% of the platforms out there, you're going to fail...
Hyperbole, thy name is Slashdot!
Oh, and it's the size of a Shuffle. So I get twice the capacity, and a LOT more functionality than the Shuffle, for 1/5th the price of the Shuffle it's a no-brainer.
Many nationals in China own Apples, and buy the real iPods (the real Apple stores - like the real Bose and real Sony stores are always packed). But most choose to go with "2nd shift" counterfeits or other brands simply because the price is so much lower per feature/functionality.
What? You don't just get it right the first time? What kind of developer are you?
How about this one?
Fixed. After all, I think, therefore I am. The rest of you are just figments of my twisted, self-flagellating imagination...
I know it's slick to hype the Eee PC, but it's about 6+ months late to this party...
I assume if it's worded properly it would stand up in court, since it was my lawyer who suggested the clause in the first place...:)
In this case, "evolved" is a relative term...
In essence, the only way you can be sure you are collecting the proper amount of sales tax is to collect tax on EVERYTHING, regardless of the actual legal resale or charitable tax status of the buyer. And the buyer's statement is not enough proof to show otherwise.
Trust me, I've gone through a WA State DOR "audit" and extortion (pay us $10,000 and we'll just forgive that other $4,500 - never mind that our own directions and documentation we provided at your request 4 years ago caused you to underreport and misclassify your business as a manufacturing, not engineering/design company).
Bottom line for this "Internet Tax" issue: if it doesn't apply to catalog sales, it shouldn't apply to Internet sales. Sales out of state are sales out of state, regardless of the means of delivery of the sale.
I retain the patent; I transfer certain rights relating to that patent to the licensee. It's not a transfer of an asset at all. Rather, it is a specific legal right extended to them as the licensee of the patent. But it's still my patent.
I'm sure Monster would do the same thing - they license the tech from their Burmuda entity, and also have full rights to pursue patent infringement on behalf of their licensor.
The Eee PC is a mild success for an extremely nich product; as a runaway success? Not even close...
So what's the problem? Cats always land on their feet, so a cat drop isn't the issue...
For you see, I am a professional acoustician, and now I have PROOF that playing with sound IS rocket science!
Well that's a bit redundant...
I guess in good old Australia machete wielding gangs of kids don't count as violent crime...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiananmen_Square
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/4/newsid_2496000/2496277.stm
http://www.christusrex.org/www1/sdc/tiananmen.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGJoaHr2QdM
Interestingly, about 3 months ago I could look at the Tianamen Square Protests Wikipedia page, but now I can't. Of course, the Tianamen Square page that IS available lists a good summary, and as you can see there's other protest links available.
China's a LOT less restrictive than some are making it out to be...
Expenses and outlays of a company ALWAYS come from the customers. A business that does not turn a profit means that it does not cover expenses with funds from the customers. It's also a business that tends to disappear rather quickly, as most people do not like to continually lose money...
Sure, but the Yellowfin is MUCH more appealing when nicely grilled...
The auditor was furious, and demanded we give him the file, rather than just printouts. I said no, and he left, only to return the next day with his supervisor, who also demanded the same and said they'd get the file "legally" if needed.
I told them to give me the USB key, and we'll see. I plugged the key in and turned the monitor around so they could see 9 QuickBooks files from other companies. I asked them if they intended to share my data with the next 9 companies, like they just shared those files with me?
After much haranguing, and threat of legal action, we finally agreed on a full Excel file database dump, but with the critical fields (customer names, CC numbers, etc) wiped.
Argh Sancho, thy name is Grammar Goering! :) Peace, friend!