>>>>> "The" == The Ghost In The Machine <ewill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
The> Depends on how the metric is done. A contemporary Windows OS
The> installation will set one back at most $300 or so, and that's
The> including a very basic editor.
You mean "Windows OS" is considered equivalent of "any Linux distro"?
That's stupid. That proposed tax is like taxing you on the price of
apples (substitute with a fruit more expensive in your locale) when
you buy oranges (substitute with a fruit less expensive in your
locale).
And how about taxing free air based on the price of the more expensive
oxygen (or simply compressed air -- as used in scuba diving) in
flasks?
Or taxing natural sunlight based on the price of the electricity need
for the equivalent luminance?
The> Should we require everyone to pay $1,600 to their states (8%
The> sales tax) just for downloading the source to the Linux
The> kernel?
No. Not just that. You need to pay $0.01 per minute for breathing
and another $0.01 per minute for walking under the sun. If your house
has any transparent windows that aren't blinded, you'll have to pay $5
per day hour for exploiting natural light for illumination. ...
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Lee Sau Dan 李守敦 ~{@nJX6X~}
E-mail: danlee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Home page: http://www.informatik.uni-freiburg.de/~danlee
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