[LINK] Tax Office spends $5.2m to put e-tax on Mac

[Kim Holburn]

http://www.theage.com.au/it-pro/government-it/tax-office-spends-52m-to-put-etax-on-mac-20130521-2jxwy.html

> Tax Office spends $5.2m to put e-tax on Mac

> "I doubt you'd find anyone anywhere that would call that a bargain," Mr Ivanovich said.
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> Peter Wells, editor of Apple fan website MacTalk.com.au, said:
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> "For software this complex and this important I think six figures is a totally fair amount, but I have no idea if seven figures is a fair amount," Mr Wells said.
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> "But to be honest, I think that they probably should have spent that money on a web-based system, because all they've got now is a Mac application when there are more iPhone and other iOS devices [like iPads] ... in this country right now than there are Macs on desks."
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> Regardless, Mr Wells said it was great that a Mac version was coming – "but it's almost like [the Tax Office has] finally caught up to where they should have been in 2007".
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> "They've got a hell of a long way to get to 2013."

No mention of Linux in the whole article.  Still, I used to use a Mac with wine.

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