Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 alpha 4/15/85; site cae780.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!hao!noao!amd!amdcad!cae780!gordon From: gordon@cae780.UUCP (Brian Gordon) Newsgroups: net.news.group Subject: Re: Fear and Loathing on the Clouds Message-ID: <1554@cae780.UUCP> Date: Tue, 5-Nov-85 16:00:59 EST Article-I.D.: cae780.1554 Posted: Tue Nov 5 16:00:59 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 8-Nov-85 21:08:41 EST References: <6101@utzoo.UUCP> <799@adobe.UUCP> Reply-To: gordon@cae780.UUCP (Brian Gordon) Organization: Tektronix, Inc. (CAE Systems Division), Sunnyvale, CA Lines: 11 In article <799@adobe.UUCP> greid@adobe.UUCP (Glenn Reid) writes: >IS THAT ALL THERE IS TO IT? MONEY? I guess money does make the world >go 'round. I suspect all the backbone sites write it off on their income >taxes, else I can't imagine their footing many-thousand dollar phone bills >more than once. How significant do you think the tax angle is? If you take the phone bill as an expense on your taxes, that just means you don't pay taxes on those dollars -- not that you don't spend the dollars! Besides, most companies would be happier spending their 'tax free dollars' on other things, like wages or anything else likely to increase productivity.