Locked out using Linux/Opera

[Matthew Hawkins]

On Fri, 08 Feb 2002, Peter Watson wrote:
> I am a student at CIT in my last year. I was "surprised" to discover that I am now no longer able to access my academic records.
> This is apparently (according to their IT person) because the software used to (ahem) implement their "BANNER" is only aware of M$ and IE or nutscrape.
> I have chosen to go open source this year and CHOOSE Linux and Opera as my OS/Browser.
> Needless to say I"ll take issue to IT dollar dispensers at CIT...
> Comments?

This violates the Australian law governing accessibility.  Kindly
volunteer to fix their site - they'll benefit from you and many others
not class-action suing them and you'll benefit from the experience in
producing a production-quality web service.

-- 
Matt