st SABRI wrote: > di australia, ndak pakai ms win, ndak bisa bayar pajek online :=)) > > http://www.builderau.com.au/news/soa/No-tax-support-for-Mac-or-Linux-yet/0,339028227,339290851,00.htm > > > The Australian Taxation Office has advised Australians using Apple or > Linux operating systems that they will be unable to lodge tax returns > electronically using the ATO's e-tax software unless they use a Windows > emulator or a kiosk in one of the agency's shop fronts. > > > Last year, 1.9 million Australians lodged their tax returns online using > the ATO's e-tax software. But e-tax still only works with Microsoft's > operating systems; Windows 2000 Professional Service Pack 4, XP Service > Pack 2 (32-bit) or Vista Service Pack 1 (32-bit). > > However, e-tax is not compatible with Linux or Mac OS X, but according > to the ATO, it has successfully trialled e-tax with Macs running OS X > 10.4.3 with Windows emulator software, Microsoft's Virtual PC 7. > > A spokesperson for the ATO said that the agency did have plans to make > e-tax compatible with other platforms in future years, but advised Mac > and other non-compatible system users to "come into a Tax Office > shopfront and use e-tax on a shopfront computer" if they wanted to lodge > their returns electronically. > > The ATO last March said that a pilot test with users on non-Microsoft > operating systems would run in 2008, with a view to a possible roll-out > in 2009.
Setidaknya ada usaha agar tidak terikat pada sistem operasi Microsoft, seperti yang terbaca di paragraf diatas. Coba bandingkan dengan Indonesia, terikat dan belum ada kemauan untuk lepas... Peluang kita nih :) > > Users will also require full administration rights on their PCs to use > e-tax. > > According to analyst firm Gartner, 63,065 Macs were shipped to Australia > in the first quarter of 2008, representing 5.3 per cent of all computers > shipped he -- Donny Kurnia http://hantulab.blogspot.com http://hantulab.multiply.com -- Berhenti langganan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Arsip dan info: http://linux.or.id/milis
