[Ubuntu-be] KBC-for-business and linux, pt2

[Bram Biesbrouck]

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... 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?

bram