Dear Sir/Madam, This is in continuation to the email communication by Mr. Raj Mathur about problems with http://www.mcdpropertytax.in/ . The website is part of the e-governance activities which facilitate ease of use and gives transparency to the users.
The National Knowledge Commission (NKC) has recommended use of Open Source in e-governance. Here is the text from the recommendations for your reference. 7. Open Source Software —Because of the enormous size and scope of the e-governance effort in India and because of the availability of globally recognised software talent of Indians, we must actively encourage wherever possible open source software implementations and open standards. This will allow us to have cost-effective solutions and help develop open software products and standards. It will also help improve scaling up as well as minimize delays caused by repeat tendering. The document is available on the NKC website and you can download it from this link: http://knowledgecommission.gov.in/downloads/recommendations/NKCRecommendationsEGovernance.pdf According to the recommendations, you are requested to change the website to open source technologies and use open standards which you are not using currently. Yours Sincerely, Sudhanwa Jogalekar On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 8:29 AM, Raj Mathur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear Sir/Madam, > > I had sent the enclosed message to you on May 18, 2008 but have received > no reply. The site http://www.mcdpropertytax.in/ continues to require > Internet Explorer, which is only available by paying Microsoft for use > of their operating system, and as such discriminates against citizens > of Delhi who use any other operating system or browser. > > Please rectify these issues in the site. I would appreciate a note from > you indicating what progress you are making in this matter, otherwise I > shall be forced to add your site to the ILUGD Hall of Shame for web > sites. If that also doesn't produce any results I shall have no option > but to consider alternative routes to understand why the Municipal > Corporation of Delhi is promoting Microsoft and its products by forcing > the citizens of Delhi to buy their operating system to file their > property tax. > > Yours sincerely, > > -- Raj Mathur > > ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- > > Subject: Problems with http://www.mcdpropertytax.in/ > Date: Sunday 18 May 2008 > From: Raj Mathur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Dear Sir/Madam, > > Your web site: http://www.mcdpropertytax.in/staff/index.jsp makes the > following statement: > > <quote> > Please only use Internet Explorer to file Property Tax > </quote> > > I (and many others like me) do not use Microsoft Windows, do not have > access to a Windows computer and can and will not use Internet Explorer > for a number of reasons, including security issues. > > On behalf of all citizens of Delhi who do not use Internet Explorer, I > request you to make your web site and web services compliant with open > standards and open browsers e.g. Firefox and Konqueror. > > Further, mandating the use of a specific operating system (Windows in > this case) for your clients would not be considered acceptable > behaviour from a respected Government organisation, and I also request > that your web site be made compliant with multiple platforms, including > (but not limited to) Windows, Macintosh, Linux, BSD, various flavours > of Unix and standards-compliant mobile browsers. > > Lastly, your web site also contains the following text: > > <quote> > Site is best viewed on IE 6.0 in 1024 x 768 resolution. > </quote> > > I request you to also remove this notice as soon as the web site has > been made standards-compliant. > > Awaiting your early reply and prompt action. > > Yours sincerely, > > -- Raj Mathur > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > -- > Raj Mathur [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kandalaya.org/ > GPG: 78D4 FC67 367F 40E2 0DD5 0FEF C968 D0EF CC68 D17F > PsyTrance & Chill: http://schizoid.in/ || It is the mind that moves > > _______________________________________________ > ilugd mailinglist -- [email protected] > http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd > Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > -- !~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~ Have you tried the new "FREE" Marathi font "Aksharyogini" we have released? News!! Aksharyogini font is now included in Debian Indic fonts package!! Please get it from http://aksharyogini.sudhanwa.com ~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~~ www.sudhanwa.com _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- [email protected] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
