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From: rjg@sialis.mn.org (Robert J. Granvin)
Newsgroups: comp.org.usenix
Subject: Re: Jim Joyce, books, vendor booths, etc.
Message-ID: <1604@sialis.mn.org>
Date: 23 Jun 89 00:38:09 GMT
References: <111266@sun.Eng.Sun.COM>
Reply-To: rjg@sialis.mn.org (Robert J. Granvin)
Organization: Dr. Ho Laboratory and Day Care Center
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>>A bookseller can do what HCR did, for different reasons:  buy a "virtual
>>booth", paying the fee but not actually occupying any space on the show
>>floor.
 
>	Hmm.  So you really think it is equitable to force someone into
>paying for a booth they can't use?  Seems along the lines of forcing
>a street vendor to pay for building space he isn't going to use.

Have you noticed that street vendors are generally required to
purchase a business license, often pay fees to the city, must be
approved for their selling area(s) and collect taxes?

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