Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!iuvax!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!uxc.cso.uiuc.edu!uxc.cso.uiuc.edu!m.cs.uiuc.edu!s.cs.uiuc.edu!meyer From: meyer@s.cs.uiuc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Orphaned Response Message-ID: <213400056@s.cs.uiuc.edu> Date: 21 Sep 89 16:46:00 GMT References: <1282@<[2510da87> Lines: 12 Nf-ID: #R:<[2510da87:1282:s.cs.uiuc.edu:213400056:000:594 Nf-From: s.cs.uiuc.edu!meyer Sep 21 11:46:00 1989 On a related note, I just talked with the IL Dept of Rev., and they informed me that there is currently no sales tax on software. Unfortunately, they told me that they expect the Guv to sign a bill making "Off-the-shelf" software taxable. This still would exempt Custom Software, but still... This is supposed to take effect October 1. So I guess the moral is to buy any software you are considering in IL before Oct. 1. Don Meyer | "If there is indeed Artificial Intelligence, meyer@s.cs.uiuc.edu | then it follows that there must also | exist Artificial Stupidity." - Anon.