[plug] Re: ATO: Linux ECI version request

[Chris Caston]

BTW does anyone know of a work around for this?

Does it work with WINE?

Has anyone tried to reverse engineer it?

On Wed, 2003-03-05 at 23:26, Chris Caston wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I would just like to register my interest in the development of a
> version of ECI for Linux.
> 
> I was just signing up to register my PAYG payments summary reports 
> electronically when to my horror I found that I needed to download a
> program that didn't work with my computer!
> 
> If could be Linux standards base compliant (LSB) that would be
> fantastic.
> 
> I have also heard that the ATO has had trouble justifying the
> development and maintenance of a Linux version because their are fewer
> people using Linux than Windows and Macintosh.
> 
> Basically you can get around this by making the software opensource by
> releasing the source code under a license such as the GNU General Public
> License (GPL) 
> 
> This would save the ATO a lot of money as Linux developers could,in
> their own time, continually improve the software and keep it up to date.
> 
> BTW please e-mail me if and when the Linux version is released.
> 
> I look forward to doing business in a completely open economy with a
> taxation system based on open standards that are completely
> non-proprietary.  
> 
> regards,
> 
> Chris Caston
> 
> Aptitude Technology
> 
>