Date: Wed, 17 May 2000 13:21:25 +1200 From: Craig Harding <crh@outpost.co.nz> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>, chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why are people against GNU? WAS Re: 5.0 already? Message-ID: <3921F415.B6F47AF1@outpost.co.nz> References: <200005170116.SAA08150@usr05.primenet.com>
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Terry Lambert wrote: > As an example, it can take a dozen months and a significant number > of bribes before one can obtain a business license in India. > > In New York, arguable one of the most corrupt areas of the US, > the same thing takes four weeks. > > In most other areas of the US, it's 2 weeks. > > In Singapore, it's the same day. > > Corruption and bureaucracy both as up to stunting progress. What's a "business license"? My company has a certificate of incorporation, but if I was a sole trader I wouldn't need that. We have a GST#/IRD#, for the purposes of identification with the Revenue. But I don't really need one of those to start trading if I'm turning over less than NZ$30k pa, until I've got some kind of return to make to the Revenue (most likely PAYE at the end of the first month). Getting such a number here takes about 2-5 days from filling in the appropriate form and submitting it to IRD. But a "business license"? Wassat? -- C. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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