Today Monday 5 March Page 21, Australian Financial Review.
We have media coverage, not as strong as I had hoped
but a very good start,
The tax office is saying their reason for not providing a Linux
interface
for Linux to lodge BAS returns is because there are only 60 requests
Australia wide.
We need to develop a register to prove the tax office is wrong.
We need the linux community to open up so we can
prove the tax office wrong,
PLEASE SIGN AND RETURN THE PETITION BELOW
SO WE CAN FURTHER DEVELOP A OPEN GOVERNMENT REGISTER
Remember to list all the individual companies
I assure you we will not use the data for anything other than
substantiate our case to change the ATO.
_________________________________________________________________________
Petition/Register
Item A;
We the undersigned strongly object to the Australian Tax Office's
failure to deliver on their written undertakings to provide a
Linux/UNIX BAS interface
and call on the Government to Complete the service.
Item B;
We also request the Government to ensure that all departments
implement
"OPEN ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT" with Business and the people.
That requires;
1. All Government data and/or software provided
via electronic format is able to be used from
common operating systems and utilities, i.e.:
· - Microsoft Windows/NT
· - Unix/Linux
· - MacIntosh
· - Other ?
2. That software solutions will utilise true open standards,
without proprietary extensions.
(ASCII, HTML, RTF, PDF ... But NOT M$ Word)
3. The interface specification is an open publication.
4. Where special readers, viewers or interactive solutions
are required,
- they will be made available to end-users
at no cost premium between operating systems.
. - they will not require the purchase of more
than the simple utilities.
5. All solutions provided shall NOT enable security breaches.
6. That the total data transferred via the utility should be
made known to the end user.
Company Name ACN Contact
( Email or real Name & address)
.............. ........ ....................................
.............. ........ ....................................
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Please Email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
or fax to 02 9487 3583
or sign in person at
interop Expo Darling harbour this week.
The continuing saga is available for review at
http://www.muli.com.au/ato/atoindex.html
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Ronald B. SKEOCH.
Managing Director, Muli Management Pty Ltd. ABN 90 002 268 126
Project Risk, Financial Accounts & Process Management software.
Turn Key Linux Solutions, Development, Installation & Training.
Phone; 612 9487 3241, Fax; 612 9487 3583, Email; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
124 Fox Valley Road, Wahroonga, NSW, 2076, Sydney, AUSTRALIA.
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