[plug] The Australian Business Registry

[Ben Jensz]

No, thats not what needs to happen.  What needs to happen is that the 
tender that is put out MUST dictate clearly that all development of 
portals MUST conform to the appropriate standards (i.e. HTML, CSS etc) 
for proper compatibility.  If a portal that is created for a government 
department doesn't conform, they have to go back and try again until it 
is.  No extra monies will be paid for this.

That way any browser that sticks to the standards also, should work.  
Simple.

So a company in bed with Microsoft can tender for the contract, but they 
simply have to code it properly.


/ Ben


Rowan Sutherland wrote:

>Also, companies that arent completely in bed with Microsoft must win the
>development contracts for the portals.
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>Rowan
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