In a way it kind of reminds me of the artificial scarcity created by the .com TLD.

Are you seriously comparing not being able to view your facebook page with killing your family by driving over a cliff?

How in the hell did this make it to the front page of Slashdot? Wait it is an attempt bash MS, so lets push it through. Oh my God, I can't believe the Xbox360 won't run Linux or do exactly what I want it to do. Get over it, it was not designed to be a general purpose device. MS made it to compete in the console arena not against the media center PC.

Wahhh I won a new car and it won't run the latest version of Debian... STFU and either sell your Xbox and buy something you can make work to your desire, give it away as a gift (which would make you the worlds coolest uncle) or buy some of the better Xbox games and enjoy it for what it is.

Seriously, did you watch the first 10 seconds of the video and come to your conclusion based on the fact that your car got rained on? You can see water rushing into the room from the hall. This is inside a building, I can't imagine how fast the water must have been moving outside.

They are still paying a slew of other WA state taxes. They are just not paying licensing taxes in WA. They are a big corporation, they are taxed in every jurisdiction they operate in. Are you so naive to think that all sales from MS come directly from WA and conversely use resources/infrastructure provide by the state of WA?

Maybe that is because the taxes just kept getting higher since the politicians knew they had the populace by the balls.

Or instead of moving to Russia, they could just move to Nevada where there is no tax on licenses and they have all the utilities you seem to think only exist in WA. By the way, it is the license tax that the article is talking about. I work large commercial construction, guess who pays for all the infrastructure upgrades when you build big commercial/industrial projects. If you say the State or even the local government you will get a big fat F-. It is the company that is building.

Maybe you could pull your head from your socialist ass and suggest that the State exercise some financial responsibility.

I will post in the best slashdot etiquette possible. hmm... two evil empires, the State gov. or MS. In a landslide I would choose MS every time in this situation. I don't have to pay the so called MS tax if I don't want. I don't get that choice at all when it comes to the State. The States (not just WA) spend WAAAY more then the take from us. Yes all you liberal do gooders, I said take. Add up the taxes you pay sometime. Don't forget to include all the 'extra' taxes you pay with your post tax wages. WA crying like a little bitch is the ultimate 'no personal responsibility" claim I have heard.

They, meaning all the States, must stop spending more then they have. Take a hard look at bloated employment roles, excessive pension/health care plans, failed social programs and tighten the belt like everyone else must.

If I were MS, I would tell WA to pound f'ing sand and move my entire operation to Nevada. Then let's see how big their deficit would be.

To all the people that voted him in, reap what you sow. It all sounds good until the come for the company that you 'like'. Then what are you going to do?