Comments for Rob Dixon III

Comment on Microsoft Strikes Back by Aiden Thompson

Aiden Thompson — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 16:02:14 +0000

it is only a matter of time before Bing Microsoft acquires Yahoo search engine:;-

Comment on New Colorado Software Tax by rob

rob — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:48:31 +0000

Which is an excellent point Shawn. I think there is a lot more cause to say, tax soft drinks, than software. One costs society in terms of public health and health care costs, the other does not.

Comment on New Colorado Software Tax by Bill Green

Bill Green — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 22:56:23 +0000

I have to say that this is one of the clearest cases of ‘cooking your golden goose’ I have seen. Especially surprising from a government whose promise is positioning Colorado for the new economy on many levels including clean tech, aerospace and software. I recently helped develop a marketing plan for a northern Colorado town looking to attract businesses into the community, both from neighboring towns and nationally. Software and technology are a perfect fit because they only take knowledge capital — something that Colorado has plenty of — and minimal physical infrastructure — something most Colorado towns lack.

I realize that our government is trying to generate revenue during a difficult economic period, but wrapping controversial legislation in with in with something promised to slip under the radar is sleazy politics. Aiming the tax guns at small businesses that the state is counting on to grow and flourish and lift the state out of the recession is short sighted.

We are currently in a very scary situation. Since its creation, Colorado has only had seven years of negative growth. Three of those seven years have been in the past decade. I understand that also means that the state coffers are empty and the state has been forced to make huge budget cuts, but creating new taxes aimed at the companies needed to create a new Colorado economy is bad business.

Comment on New Colorado Software Tax by Jason Wicker

Jason Wicker — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:04:36 +0000

This is very disappointing. I had considered moving my business to Hawaii; this is just one more reason to for me to move.

Comment on New Colorado Software Tax by Dan Brinkmann

Dan Brinkmann — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:50:25 +0000

If this passes we will almost certainly move out of state, later colorado!

It’s not an insignificant amount of work to move our “virtual” office, but the ROI is about 2 weeks, easy decision.

Dumb move for a state that wants to attract jobs and high tech companies.