Slashdot is a bit behind the times - Steven Joyce, Minister of Transport in NZ has instructed officials to fix this oversight in the law.

http://www.iphonewzealand.co.nz/2009/all/breaking-common-sense-prevails-law-is-to-be-amended/

thanks, I agree with you completely, I'm actually currently working on a new website design.

I've been spending all my time making great software but too little on the site. ;-)

Regarding tax systems, you can define any number of different sales tax types in the application and it should meet the needs of any country.

For those who are interested in an open source billing system, I'm the lead developer of a program called the Amberdms Billing System. It provides accounting, timesheets and service billing and is available under the GNU AGPL or as a hosted service. Check it out at www.amberdms.com/billing

I need to access it pretty much daily. As well as that, I also need to access my business accounting software and customer management systems. I'm sure a lot of other travelers will need to access their internet banking every few days or so as well, and a public terminal just isn't secure enough for that.