[plug] No tax software for you, naughty Linux/Mac user

[Hagar Horrible]

On Sun, 22 Jul 2007, Kai wrote:
> Arie Hol wrote:
> 
> > 
> > On 21 Jul 2007 at 22:58, Kai wrote:
> > 
> > 
> >>This article might be of interest to some, comments are a good read too...
> >>
> >>No tax software for you, naughty Linux/Mac user
> >>http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/13613/1091/1/0/
> >>2 pages
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > An interesting read, indeed.
> > 
> > If the ATO site is in fact a .Net site as indicated by the article - then 
> > maybe the developers of eTax could/should consider developing the 
> > application using Mono.
> > 
> > Then they could compile the software to create client software that can run 
> > on Linux as well as Windows.
> > 
> > But then again, that would be too easy - as Mono is open software and that 
> > seems to be beyond the paradigm that exists within our government and its 
> > instrumentalities.
> > 
> > Regards Arie
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------
> >  For the concert of life, nobody has a program.
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> I thought maybe if enough Linux users in Australia contacted the ATO 
> about Linux usability they might do something about it, eventually ?
> 

The etax software works quite well under wine

Also apparently they are doing a multi-platform version - with a limited user base at the moment.


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