The continuing saga to motivate the tax office into providing
Open software to enable Linux Electronic Commerce interface
The continuing saga is available for review at
http://www.muli.com.au/ato/atoindex.html
PS also heard yesterday that the tax office is now going around with a
heavy hand saying that Legislation will be introduced by July
to force all companies to use the Microsoft ECI interface.
Thank you all for your feedback, very useful.
I have revised the wording
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Petition/Register/Charter
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 ECI interface and call on the Government to instruct
the Australian Tax Office to provide a open solution.
Item B;
We also request the Government to LEGISLATE
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. Interactive network solutions to use open standards
like XML, SSL, HTML, HTTP
3. Downloaded documentation to use open standards
like ASCII, HTML,XML, RTF, PDF ...
Note: MS Word & Wordperfect are not open standards
4. That software solutions will utilise true open standards,
WITHOUT proprietary extensions.
5. The interface specification is an open publication.
6. Where special readers, viewers or interactive solutions
are required,
- they will be made available to end-users
at no cost premium between operating systems.
7. 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.
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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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