Comments on: Microsoft Moves to Reno to Avoid Regular Tax and to India to Avoid Regular Salaries

By: Roy Schestowitz

Roy Schestowitz — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:30:32 +0000

If one was to go by the “TCO” meme (which is nonsense when someone funds those so-called ‘studies’), then acquisition costs would hardly matter for most products.

Sure, some software would cost $100,000 per seat, but that’s not Microsoft software.

By: Needs Sunlight

Needs Sunlight — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:41:26 +0000

FOSS is used to create products and services not sold in and of itself. 60% – 90% of the worlds written software, depending on how you measure, is used in-house to enable real business activities.

It’s easy to spot a Microsoft shill a mile away by their talking points. One of the main ones is to yammer about selling software, as if that is the only use for it. Notice how Microsoft products are so bad that it’s not even allowed to publish evaluations and benchmarks. How’s that for preventing discussion of using software.

If business journals and newspapers were to suddenly start talking about using software, then they would quickly notice that Microsoft products cost them productivity, regardless of the additional upfront costs. They would also notice what a bite software patents would be if allowed to spread to Europe.

By: Roy Schestowitz

Roy Schestowitz — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:05:27 +0000

It’s better to ignore “TheTruth” (Orwell would love the name!). That’s just “Mutex” (known troll who was banned) nymshifting and attacking Free software, as usual.

By: your_friend

your_friend — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:43:49 +0000

Interesting how poor these smear jobs are. Roy is racist? What a bad joke.

how much does FOSS pay it’s overseas programmers, Anything ?

Free software pays overseas programmers in code that works, just like it pays everyone else, and expects nothing in return. This is a free gift which non free publications are unable to match because they exist to extract profits from all users rather than foster a community. In particular, Microsoft’s treatment of foreign workers is exploitative and borders on indentured servitude, something expressly prohibited by the 13th amendment to the US constitution.

I’m unaware of Canonical’s tax evasions, but given your poor understanding of free software I have doubts about this report. Canonical is closer to a charity than Mr. Gate’s fraudulent foundation, but they should be paying taxes where they have their headquarters if they ever turn a profit. This is trivial next to the massive fraud Microsoft has committed in Washington State and elsewhere.

By: TheTruth

TheTruth — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 13:31:27 +0000

is that the same reason why Conicial is on the Isle of man ?

So when MS put people off you complain, when MS hire you complain, and when MS employes people overseas you complain.

Is that because you are racist ? and dont like seeing people of different colour employed, or is it that you just cant actually believe MS can do anything right.

When you make posts like this you are showing everyone what YOU are really like Roy.

And that is a sad sad sight indeed.

So how much does FOSS pay it’s overseas programmers, Anything ?

But if you going to go after MS for tax evasion, then you should do the right thing and go after Conicial as well. oh wait.

You dont do anything that makes any sense, you just react.

But keep on using all that Novell code in your linux, and continue to show everyone what your really like.

No wonder no one bothers with your IRC anymore, you have noticed your stable group has gone done by 30% to 40%, after 3 years this is all you can do ..

If it was anyone but you Roy, I would say “what a waste”. But it’s you, so no loss..