<div dir="ltr">more Isabel frustration here <a href="http://www.itcrowd.be/entry/put-your-software-in-a-sandbox.aspx">http://www.itcrowd.be/entry/put-your-software-in-a-sandbox.aspx</a> <div class="gmail_quote">2008/8/7 Bram Biesbrouck <<a href="mailto:b@beligum.org">b@beligum.org</a>> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">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 -- ubuntu-be mailing list / mailto:<a href="mailto:ubuntu-be@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-be@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-be" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-be</a> </blockquote></div> </div>