Posts by Paul Kruger

Stop Piracy...use Linux

Perhaps Microsoft should start to promote Linux in those countries. They are not going to pay Bill Gates his big fees, so if the use Linux they may find they don't need to pirate MS Software at all.

Governments, FCC and spectrum

AT&T and all communications giants must be kept under control simply because they are using a public resource to conduct their business. Radio spectrum is a "natural resource" regulated to assure fair play within a country's borders.

Some companies don't like the idea that they have to play by certain rules in exchange for the privilege of using the chunks of spectrum they occupy. They don't own that spectrum, thus they must abide by the terms of their lease in order to do business in the public space. Obviously some "chunks" come with different rules for different purposes and these companies can choose which "lease" suits their purpose.

We all need to keep tabs and make sure govt. keeps to it's duty to make sure telco's play by those rules.

No to amazon tax.

The issue is not if New York is due the tax. It is an issue of a state forcing a private business in another state into collecting it's taxes for them. It is also a matter of the impact on ecommerce.

I am putting up a site now with more information. Until the domain works go here for the views. http://www.reelectnoone.com/amazon_tax.php

Bottom line, in the US there are 50 states with over 7,500 different taxing jurisdictions. If NY is allowed to succeed it will wipe out almost all small ecommerce business because none but the very wealthy companies can afford the resources to manage such a complex task of trying to comply with every one of these tax codes.

As a web developer it could put me out of business too. I would be hard pressed to find any small companies and no home based operations able to comply with 50 different state laws.

What would be next? I have ordered from sites in the UK. Will you have to collect and pay sales taxes and file forms in 50 different states if you continue to sell in the US?