[plug] [OT]Worlds biggest luddite spends $4Mill on website

[Bret Busby]

On Thu, 3 Apr 2003, Ben Jensz wrote:

> Date: Thu, 03 Apr 2003 12:26:04 +0800
> From: Ben Jensz <jensz at wn.com.au>
> Reply-To: plug at plug.linux.org.au
> To: plug at plug.linux.org.au
> Subject: Re: [plug] [OT]Worlds biggest luddite spends $4Mill on website
> Resent-Date: Thu,  3 Apr 2003 12:26:35 +0800 (WST)
> Resent-From: plug at plug.linux.org.au
> 
> For 4 million dollars, it SHOULD be HTML compliant.
> 
> Put the first page you get when you type in the web address into the w3 
> validator and its not compliant to the document type reference at the 
> top of it. (http://www.dcita.gov.au/Subject_Entry_Page/0,,0_1-2_1,00.html)
> 
> In fact there are 397 errors on the first page.  $4 millon and the page 
> is broken?  Disgusting.  Totally sums up his knowledge of the portfolios 
> he's supposed to be responsible for doesn't it?
> 
> 
> / Ben
> 
> 
> 

Okay; so don't just tell us about it - make a formal complaint to the 
federal auditor general, about the wastage and incompetence, AND, the 
inaccessibilityy for all but IE users.

Now, a report from the auditor general, generally causes people to sit 
up and take heed.

-- 
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
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