On Tuesday 08 June 2004 07:23, Hari Kurup wrote: > Ha. > > In that bank it is criminal to change the Windows wall paper, now tell me > about changing the OS!
Well, you could run Windows wallpaper on KDE, and fake it... heck, you could setup KDE to provide an eXPloder-type login prompt :). Seriously, as a client, I think Linux is ready for bank. I mean, most of the bank users are always connected to the main transaction server(s) via some kind of terminal (in some banks I saw in UG, TELNET!!!!!). Depending on the application server, users move back into DOS, while other have some terminal in the Windows environment. In any case, for this purpose, Linux can do this very well (they really need to login into the servers using, at least, SSH, or Telnet over IPSec, or Telnet over SSH). The rest is just 'jalibu'... I mean, what's the point of having a browser on a machine that never uses it? Mark. > > Kurup > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lunghabo > > James > > Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 8:21 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: lug_: Free Software Use in Brazil Spreads Beyond Gov't > > > > > > Shem > > > > Do I recall you saying that Linux wasnt ready for the Banking > > environment? > > > > Wire > > > > > http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=569&ncid=738&e=2&u=/nm/ > > > 20040606/tc_nm/tech_brazil_opencode_dc > > > Linux's operating system, the star of the free software community, is > > > > > > being adopted by various industries in Brazil, including 42 percent of > > > the 160 banks based in the country, according to data announced last > > > week at the Ciab financial technology trade fair. > > > > > > "For the first time, we are breaking their dominance in the > > > technology > > > > > > sector," Amadeu said, referring to big software companies like > > > Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq:MSFT - news) > > > > > > Brazil's public sector saves 8,000 reais ($2,555) for every 10 > > > computers it changes from proprietary software to free tools like Linux > > > and office programs like Open Office. The federal administration has > > > 300,000 computers. > > > > > > Brazil's banking sector, which has instituted highly developed and > > > widely used online services, has been preparing to adopt open > > > technology to distribute digital signatures to clients to reduce fraud. > > > > > > "We think we can adopt a full digital signature system in the next > > > two > > > > > > years," said Carlos da Fonseca, the technology director of the > > > Brazilian bank association Febraban. > > > > > > **************** ***************************** > > > Kiggundu Mukasa # Computer Network Consultancy### > > > KYM-NET LTD. # Intranets & Internet Solutions# > > > Plot 80 Kanjokya Street > > > P.O. Box 24284 Kampala, Uganda > > > Tel: +256 77 972255 > > > +256 71 221141 > > > Fax: +256 31 262122 > > > ***************************************************************** > > > > --------------------------------------------- > > This service is hosted on the Infocom network > > http://www.infocom.co.ug > > --------------------------------------------- > This service is hosted on the Infocom network > http://www.infocom.co.ug --------------------------------------------- This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug
