Re: Linux not allowed to engage in online banking in South Korea?

2007-01-29 Thread Fred
On Friday 26 January 2007 21:11, David Long uttered thusly: > The ATM at the airport accepted my DCU ATM card for cash. The Marriott > in Seoul would not accept my DCU Visa to pay my hotel bill. On my > second trip over I used my Chase Visa (I think). I did try calling DCU, > but there was nothi

Re: Linux not allowed to engage in online banking in South Korea?

2007-01-26 Thread David Long
On Fri, 2007-01-26 at 17:20 -0500, Jon 'maddog' Hall wrote: > Hmmm. I have been to South Korea, and since my habit is not to carry a > lot of cash on me or use traveler's checks or credit cards, I do use the > DCU ATM card to get local currency. I do not remember having any > problem in South Ko

Re: Linux not allowed to engage in online banking in South Korea?

2007-01-26 Thread Derek Atkins
Quoting Jon 'maddog' Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Hmmm. I have been to South Korea, and since my habit is not to carry a lot of cash on me or use traveler's checks or credit cards, I do use the DCU ATM card to get local currency. I do not remember having any problem in South Korea doing this, but

Re: Linux not allowed to engage in online banking in South Korea?

2007-01-26 Thread Jon 'maddog' Hall
> Interestingly, I learned to my dismay that Digital Federal Credit Union > will not authorize transactions on its visa cards in South Korea. Had I > known that before I went there last summer I would have brought a > different card. > > -dl Hmmm. I have been to South Korea, and since my habit

Re: Linux not allowed to engage in online banking in South Korea?

2007-01-26 Thread David Long
On Fri, 2007-01-26 at 14:20 -0500, Michael ODonnell wrote: > ...which describes how the vaunted South Korean networking > infrastructure *requires* Microsoft products if you want to do > anything like online banking and Linux users are "banned from any > of these types of transactions because all

Linux not allowed to engage in online banking in South Korea?

2007-01-26 Thread Michael ODonnell
Hey, DDM - are you still on this channel? Can you confirm what's claimed in this article: http://www.kanai.net/weblog/archive/2007/01/26/00h53m55s#003095 ...which describes how the vaunted South Korean networking infrastructure *requires* Microsoft products if you want to do anything like onl