We were told same thing a long time ago. Il has a loophole that lets you avoid incurring the tax on software. I think it depends on state. You're paying state tax right? Larry -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Allen, Brandon Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 3:54 PM To: paul.baumgartel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; oracle-l Subject: RE: a dumb question about download software from otn.oracle.com On the 10g install I just did - we were told by the Oracle Sales rep to just use the otn download. Also, there was some mention of the idea that if they got CDs, they would have to pay sales tax on the Oracle licenses, but by downloading it, no sales tax was required - I'm not sure on the truth of that and am certainly not encouraging tax evasion - I love uncle sam! :-) -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Baumgartel, Paul Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 1:41 PM To: oracle-l Subject: RE: a dumb question about download software from otn.oracle.com Thanks for the tip about edelivery. I must admit that it never occurred to me that the OTN versions could be different from those on CDs, but I rather doubt that they are. Still, I'll use edelivery from now on! Privileged/Confidential Information may be contained in this message or attachments hereto. Please advise immediately if you or your employer do not consent to Internet email for messages of this kind. Opinions, conclusions and other information in this message that do not relate to the official business of this company shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed by it. -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l ************************************************************************* The information contained in this communication is confidential, is intended only for the use of the recipient named above, and may be legally privileged. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please resend this communication to the sender and delete the original message or any copy of it from your computer system. Thank you. ************************************************************************* -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l