From: Digest To: "OS/2GenAu Digest" Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2005 00:01:05 EST-10EDT,10,-1,0,7200,3,-1,0,7200,3600 Subject: [os2genau_digest] No. 1073 Reply-To: X-List-Unsubscribe: www.os2site.com/list/ ************************************************** Saturday 12 March 2005 Number 1073 ************************************************** Subjects for today 1 The Australian Business Registry : Kev 2 Re: The Australian Business Registry : Ian Manners" 3 Re: The Australian Business Registry : Kev **= Email 1 ==========================** Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2005 18:59:00 +0800 From: Kev Subject: The Australian Business Registry I was just on this site ... http://www.abr.gov.au/ABR_BC/ .... to apply for an ABN. I can't do it because I don't use IE. This is what I just sent to them. ========================= Sir/Madam I have tried, unsuccessfully, to access your site to apply for an ABN. I'm sure it must fall dangerously close to a "restrictive trade practice" to REQUIRE all businesses in Australia to use substandard, buggy, virus and hacker-prone, insecure proprietary software to be able to apply on-line for an ABN. I use both Linux and OS/2 and I use a current Mozilla browser in both operating systems. Even if I did use the afforementioned spyware magnet, I'd use Mozilla! When is this extremely annoying bad programming practise planned to be rectified? Sincerely yours Kev Downes ========================= Perhaps others might join the bandwagon with me and aggitate for change. Cheers Kev ========================= Kev Downes kdownes at tpg dot com dot au ph 0404 7 0808 2 Windows isn't the answer. Windows is the question. The answer is NO! I use, recommend and support OS/2 Warp and eComStation. ========================= "Jesus Christ is the centre of everything and the object of everything; He who does not know him, knows nothing of the order of the world and nothing of himself." Blaise Pascal ========================= ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 2 ==========================** Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2005 22:18:09 +1100 (EDT) From: "Ian Manners" Subject: Re: The Australian Business Registry Got Javascript enabled ? On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 18:59:00 +0800, Kev wrote: > I was just on this site ... > > http://www.abr.gov.au/ABR_BC/ > > ... to apply for an ABN. I can't do it because I don't use IE. This is > what I just sent to them. > ========================= > Sir/Madam > > I have tried, unsuccessfully, to access your site to apply for an ABN. > I'm sure it must fall dangerously close to a "restrictive trade > practice" to REQUIRE all businesses in Australia to use substandard, > buggy, virus and hacker-prone, insecure proprietary software to be able > to apply on-line for an ABN. I use both Linux and OS/2 and I use a > current Mozilla browser in both operating systems. Even if I did use > the afforementioned spyware magnet, I'd use Mozilla! When is this > extremely annoying bad programming practise planned to be rectified? > > Sincerely yours > Kev Downes ========================= > > Perhaps others might join the bandwagon with me and aggitate for change. > > Cheers > Kev > ========================= > Kev Downes > kdownes at tpg dot com dot au ph 0404 7 0808 2 > Windows isn't the answer. Windows is the question. The answer is NO! > I use, recommend and support OS/2 Warp and eComStation. ========================= > "Jesus Christ is the centre of everything and the object of everything; > He who does not know him, knows nothing of the order of the world > and nothing of himself." Blaise Pascal ========================= > Cheers Ian Manners http://www.os2site dot com/ A mind is a terrible thing to ugg.. I forogt.. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 3 ==========================** Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2005 19:21:05 +0800 From: Kev Subject: Re: The Australian Business Registry Ian Manners wrote: > Got Javascript enabled ? Yep! ========================= Kev Downes kdownes at tpg dot com dot au ph 0404 7 0808 2 Windows isn't the answer. Windows is the question. The answer is NO! I use, recommend and support OS/2 Warp and eComStation. ========================= "Jesus Christ is the centre of everything and the object of everything; He who does not know him, knows nothing of the order of the world and nothing of himself." Blaise Pascal ========================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------