Hi,
Excellent response. I too, deal with a very MS - centric IT department at
work and getting them to recognize any other options is a real battle. But it
must have felt good to clue them in none the less.
Well done.
Regards,
Bill W.
On Tuesday 05 August 2003 08:31 pm, David wrote:
> On Monday 04 August 2003 11:58 pm, Stephen Kuhn wrote:
> > On Tue, 2003-08-05 at 13:41, David wrote:
> > > Not to belabor this point, but -- I sent a message to the BBT IT
> > > department and here is their reply --- what a hoot!
> > >
> > > Dear Mr. Williams:
> > >
> > > Thank you for writing to BB&T OnLine Support regarding compatibility of
> > > WebConnect and Sun.
> > >
> > > Sun Microsystems contain features that are not compatible with
> > > WebConnect.
> > >
> > > Sun Microsystems uses their own Java, rather than Microsoft Java.
> > > WebConnect uses the Java scripting found only in Microsoft Internet
> > > Explorer and earlier versions of Netscape such as Netscape 4.75.
> >
> > <WHACK>
> >
> > Here's a question to ask them; do they only have white customers?
> >
> > It's literally the same thing. Prejudicial treatment. (Not
> > intentionally, but because the IT department for that bank is stuck with
> > a Microsoft solution - which tells you basically where a large amount of
> > the profits they make go...)
>
> --<SNIP>
> What I actually responded to them was this -- Right or wrong.
>
> I use BBT for my business account (that I have very recently opened). You
> do realize that the official Java is the Sun Java and that Microsoft Java
> is a bastardized version. BBT should review their policy and be more
> standard with the "real" Java that is being used. I use America's Bank for
> my personal accounts and I can use any browser at any time to to connect
> to view my account information. BBT is apparently taking a myopic viewpoint
> and using only Microsoft compatible "stuff". You are cutting yourself off
> from a growing segment of the market. Several browsers that are growing in
> popularity such as Mozilla and Opera are far superior to Microsoft
> Explorer. It is BBT's right to use whatever they deem as appropriate. And,
> I must use a bank that I deem as appropriate.
> David B. Williams
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