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

[Marghanita da Cruz]

Ivan Trundle wrote:
> On 21/05/2013, at 10:17 PM, Kim Holburn <kim at holburn.net> wrote:
> 
>>> 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".
>>>
>>> "They've got a hell of a long way to get to 2013."
>> No mention of Linux in the whole article.
> 
> Don't fuss, Kim - The Linux version should be ready in 2028, once a budget appropriation of $45 million is agreed.
> 
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 From the SLUG mailing list:
> Hi all,
> 
> just installed Auskey on Linux Mint 14.
> 
> followed installation instructions but no go.
> 
> Upon clicking Login for the ATO I get
> 
> An error has occurred wiht a result code of 4000.
> Code source security was null.
> 
> Anyone had this before?
> 
> Thanks,
> Ben
reply:
> Was there any suggestion that it would work on Linux? 
reply:
> yes on the ATO webiste, it lists the Auskey software download for windows, mac and linux.
> 
> just a script that runs as root (sudo) for the current user.
> 
> that worked ok. just clicking on the ATO website to login gives the error.
> 
> Correct Java version installed as well. 






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