On Fri, 2003-03-14 at 21:10, Raj Mathur wrote:
> I agree that when you look at it from the FM's perspective (and
> presumably from yours) removing excise on bundled software is a way to
> make the IT industry grow.
>From my perspective "Use the situation to the advantage of FLOSS".
Reality check is important. Lets not loose sight of what is achievable.
What looks really achievable at the moment is make the OEMs eat crow on
the cost of bundled software.
OEMs have given all sorts of reasons in the past to avoid refunding
money for bundled software including reimbursement of excise.
And then repaying only their actual cost of acquisition of Software and
not the perceived value they claimed they offered to their customers
which they advertised.
So removal of excise on the bundled should help FLOSS(Imagine hordes of
people happy to save so much money by making the OEM unbundle software).
Tarun Dua
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