Ravindra Jaju wrote: > Rediff had a _very_ short-lived front-page news item on ISO approval of OOXML. > It immediately started attracting anti-OOXML comments, and they > promptly relegated it to > their backside... (no pun intended) > > (Devil's advocate) - MS PR managers at work? > http://in.rediff.com/money/2008/apr/03ms.htm > > Given the quality of rediff news items, and those of comments on them, it's > hard to convince oneself that moving this important news item away had > nothing more > to it. > > In today's TOI there is a news item on how M$ has a dispute with Indian tax guys. M$ wants exemption from income tax as software is a 'product' and exempt from tax. The tax guys say that in reality the software is not a product but a royalty as it only allows the user to copy it on one machine to use it for a consideration.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Microsoft_asked_to_pay_Rs_700_cr_tax/articleshow/2921327.cms -- Regards, Rony. GNU/Linux ! No Viruses No Spyware Only Freedom. -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
