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I would be also interested in what country it is. We had similar case - few years ago, the tax office switched to electronic VAT tax returns, which was Windows
by vetinari 8y ago
I would be also interested in what country it is.
We had similar case - few years ago, the tax office switched to electronic VAT tax returns, which was Windows-only. There was a company that continued to fill their returns using the old-fasioned way (paper). In the court, they won, because the filing system was Windows-only, and the state cannot force you to purchase your software from a specific supplier.
- majkinetor 8y agoSerbia. Perhaps you can win on court. But what about time and energy you will lose. Nobody wants that. They got sued, thats what I am talking about.
- vetinari 8y agoSure, they certainly had some dreamless nights, but I'm glad they stood by their principles. We are all benefiting. Since then, all state-financed projects have to be accessible cross-platform, using open formats and protocols.
- majkinetor 8y agoYeah, no reason to do otherwise, even if there are 10 users IMO. And according to my Kibana presentation on IIS logs there are actually ~100 linux users in entire country (not counting mobile users on Linux of which there are a lot due to Android). This might be related to concrete gov domain (accounting and VAT) tho. Its principles 100% for me.