Re: [SLUG] petition for multi-platform etax software
Perhaps they should to the smart thing and remove the 'client' (program) and host it on a ssl site, which you can use with any good browser. It is just a 'fancy' program with export / import methods which uses SSLeay + ie isn't it ... ? 2009/7/17 Jeremy Visser jer...@visser.name: On Fri, 2009-07-17 at 06:29 +1000, Meryl wrote: When I rang the ATO Tech Helpdesk about obtaining CSI software for Linux I was told that their CSI software could only be used on secure operating systems like Windows and Apple. *choke!!!* Actually, they do have an obscurely-placed link on their website that has a tarball with some Linux version of the CSI software. http://csi.business.gov.au/CSI/FrequentlyAskedQuestions.asp#Can_I_use_the_CSI_with_an_unsupp http://csi.business.gov.au/CSI/CsiInstallForLinux.tar.gz Mind you, it's very poorly thrown together, and I've never successfully got it to run. They probably only tested it on something like RH9 and said Yay, let's ship it!. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] petition for multi-platform etax software
2009/7/17 Jeremy Visser jer...@visser.name: On Fri, 2009-07-17 at 06:29 +1000, Meryl wrote: When I rang the ATO Tech Helpdesk about obtaining CSI software for Linux I was told that their CSI software could only be used on secure operating systems like Windows and Apple. *choke!!!* Actually, they do have an obscurely-placed link on their website that has a tarball with some Linux version of the CSI software. http://csi.business.gov.au/CSI/FrequentlyAskedQuestions.asp#Can_I_use_the_CSI_with_an_unsupp http://csi.business.gov.au/CSI/CsiInstallForLinux.tar.gz Mind you, it's very poorly thrown together, and I've never successfully got it to run. They probably only tested it on something like RH9 and said Yay, let's ship it!. Perhaps run it in Red Hat 9 in a VM? That would take fewer system resources than running Windows in a VM, surely. -- Bring choice back to your computer. http://www.linux.org.au/linux -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] petition for multi-platform etax software
2009/7/14 Danny Yee da...@anatomy.usyd.edu.au There's an online petition at http://www.petitiononline.com/FreeEtax/ asking that the ATO produce cross-platform etax software. I just found the following Apple Users forum item about the subject: http://www.appleusers.org/news/where-is-e-tax-for-the-mac/ I suppose that joining efforts and coordinating with them should help improve results over doing things separately. Cheers, --Amos -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] petition for multi-platform etax software
On Tue, 2009-07-14 at 18:31 +1000, Danny Yee wrote: There's an online petition at http://www.petitiononline.com/FreeEtax/ asking that the ATO produce cross-platform etax software. Danny. When I rang the ATO Tech Helpdesk about obtaining CSI software for Linux I was told that their CSI software could only be used on secure operating systems like Windows and Apple. *choke!!!* Meryl -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] petition for multi-platform etax software
On Fri, 2009-07-17 at 06:29 +1000, Meryl wrote: When I rang the ATO Tech Helpdesk about obtaining CSI software for Linux I was told that their CSI software could only be used on secure operating systems like Windows and Apple. *choke!!!* Actually, they do have an obscurely-placed link on their website that has a tarball with some Linux version of the CSI software. http://csi.business.gov.au/CSI/FrequentlyAskedQuestions.asp#Can_I_use_the_CSI_with_an_unsupp http://csi.business.gov.au/CSI/CsiInstallForLinux.tar.gz Mind you, it's very poorly thrown together, and I've never successfully got it to run. They probably only tested it on something like RH9 and said Yay, let's ship it!. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] petition for multi-platform etax software
It's possibly not too late to add a line or two, on the etax accessibility to this wiki: This wiki page enables collaborative development of a briefing paper based on the opinions, ideas, and community feedback received as part of the Government 2.0 Public Sphere event and process. The final briefing paper will inform the Australian government about Government 2.0 policy recommendations and opportunities. http://wiki.katelundy.com.au/PublicSphere2 Marghanita Dion wrote: I'm now down, thanks for this. We're really going to need more than 478 people to be of statistical significance to the ATO. Here's to hoping we get (a lot) more votes. D. Danny Yee wrote: There's an online petition at http://www.petitiononline.com/FreeEtax/ asking that the ATO produce cross-platform etax software. Danny. -- Marghanita da Cruz http://www.ramin.com.au Phone: (+61)0414 869202 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] petition for multi-platform etax software
There's an online petition at http://www.petitiononline.com/FreeEtax/ asking that the ATO produce cross-platform etax software. Danny. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] petition for multi-platform etax software
I'm now down, thanks for this. We're really going to need more than 478 people to be of statistical significance to the ATO. Here's to hoping we get (a lot) more votes. D. Danny Yee wrote: There's an online petition at http://www.petitiononline.com/FreeEtax/ asking that the ATO produce cross-platform etax software. Danny. -- Never ascribe to malice that which may adequately be explained by incompetence. - Napoleon Bonaparte -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
