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BBC News - World’s first ‘tax’ on Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 7

The Australian online retailer Kogan.com has introduced the world’s first “tax” on Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) browser.

Customers who use IE7 will have to pay an extra surcharge on online purchases made through the firm’s site.

Chief executive Ruslan Kogan told the BBC he wanted to recoup the time and costs involved in “rendering the website into a antique browser”.

The charge is set to 6.8% - 0.1% for every month since the IE7 launch.

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   IE tax Got to hand it to these Aussies.

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    BBC News - World’s first ‘tax’ on Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 7

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    I really like this Kogan guy…

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