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[News] Proprietary Dinosaurs Reach Out to Free Software

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Jumping on the Open Source bandwagon

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| Apprehensions about the use of Open Source software are gradually dying as an 
| increasing number of companies stand up to support the open source 
| revolution. Interestingly, it is not only the open source vendors that are 
| supporting the cause but also a large number of proprietary software and 
| hardware vendors that are either shifting towards open source or making open 
| source an important part of their business     
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http://www.expresscomputeronline.com/20081013/market01.shtml


Recent:

The spread of Open Source

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| CIOL: Is the attitude towards open source maturing rapidly? If yes, how is it
| taking place?
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| Santhosh D'Souza: The attitude towards open source is changing, maturing if
| you will in two ways. There is in India a rapidly growing enthusiasm to
| participate in open source communities and contribute to open source
| projects. There is a recognition that work done in communities is not
| entirely without compensation: one's professional and technical credentials
| can be honed and established through participation in open source projects.
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http://www.ciol.com/Developer/Open-Source/Interviews/The-spread-of-Open-Source/61008111222/0/


Microsoft India Says Hasn't Received Tax Notice,Can't Comment

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| The Indian unit of Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) said Wednesday it is yet to receive
| any tax notice from the government.
|
| Earlier in the day, the Economic Times, citing unnamed sources, said the
| Indian service tax department has asked Microsoft India to pay INR2.56
| billion ( $57 million) in taxes and penalties.
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http://news.morningstar.com/newsnet/ViewNews.aspx?article=/DJ/200809240440DOWJONESDJONLINE000295_univ.xml


Microsoft in tax evasion soup

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| Software major Microsoft Corp’s Indian subsidiary has been issued a
| show-cause notice for non-payment of service tax worth Rs 127 crore. The tax
| has been claimed on services offered to Microsoft Singapore by way of
| marketing support.
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http://infotech.indiatimes.com/Microsoft_in_tax_evasion_soup/rssarticleshow/2977840.cms


Microsoft EULA lands it with $175m Indian tax headache

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| Basing its ruling on the terms of Microsoft's own EULA (end-user license
| agreement), an Indian court has ordered the company to pay tax on royalty
| income generated in the country, Tax India Online (TIOL) reports.
|
| [...]
|
| “Unacceptable tax avoidance typically involved the creation of complex
| artificial structures by which, as though by the wave of a magic wand, the
| tax payer conjures out of the air a loss, or a gain, or expenditure, or
| whatever it may be, which otherwise would never have existed. These
| structures are designed to achieve an adventitious tax benefit for the
| taxpayer, and in truth are no more than raids on the public funds at the
| expense of the general body of taxpayers, and as such are unacceptable.
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http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2008/03/31/microsoft_india_tax_ruling/
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