> Hey guys, > > A while ago, I asked everyone for some hints/comments/suggestions about the > fact that my KBC-online-for-business didn't have support for Linux. A lot of > reactions later, I visited my KBC-agent and explained her this is of pretty > large importance to me, since I don't have any M$ boxes at all in my company. > She said the only thing she could do was prolong my old password-key > protected account some more, and file a complaint to the KBC tech staff. So > she did. > > Now, this morning actually, I received a phone call from a technical KBC > employee, explaining to me that my complaint has been discussed, and he can > formally tell me there will be no support for any other OS than MS Windows. > > Wait, there's more. He did have a solution ready for me (since he privately > uses Linux too, whow); install VirtualBox/VMware/... and run Windows on your > Linux box, use IE, and access your KBC-account like that...
If you only need IE, you don't need a virtual machine, since you can run IE with Wine. IEs4Linux (http://www.tatanka.com.br/ies4linux ) has an easy solution to install the necessary software. > Then, I told him > this isn't really a structural solution, since I don't have any MS license, > and I don't wanna pay 100+ euro, just to access my KBC-online account > (actually, I lied, I do have a license on my laptop, but I don't want to use > my laptop for checking my bank-statements, and the license is bound to that > machine). I continued asking him why it's so difficult for a company like KBC > to hire a couple of Linux-developers, and adapt/adopt their system, so it > works on Linux/Mac/Solaris/... too, after all, it's a _business_ account, and > I expect it to be more flexible than my personal one. He said: hey, it's not > us, blame Isabel, they're the ones that don't support other OS's. Once again, > I continued, asking him why other banks succeed where KBC seems to be > failing? "Well, because they don't use Isabel, we're the only one that are > providing this excellent service". I don't know about other banks, but to me, > this seems like a bold statement to make. > > Another solution was to switch back to a regular account, and use their > regular login-apparatus instead. Seems like a stupid solution to me too; once > again, businesses want their banks to be more flexible. > > Anyway, now I know there's no luck in having Linux-support for my > KBC-for-business. I think I'm going to look for another bank, at least for my > business account, since this is unacceptable. > > Any suggestions? I must say I haven't tried running IE in Linux though, since I don't need it. I would change banks after rubbing this in their face a few more times :-) > > bram > -- ubuntu-be mailing list / mailto:[email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-be
