[ale] OT: Bank of America

Andrew Newton andy at hxr.us
Thu Nov 20 10:56:31 EST 2003


Isn't RBC that other investor hiding behind that financial hokus-pokus 
thing with MicroSoft all mixed up with SCO?

-andy

Bob Toxen wrote:

> On Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 08:05:35PM -0500, Jim Philips wrote:
> 
>>Thanks for all the replies. My current bank is a little too fee-happy and BofA
>>offers a much better deal for people like me who rarely need the humans at 
>>the bank.
> 
> B of A generally is considered so-so.
> 
> I am VERY happy with RBC Centura Bank.  They have offices around Atlanta,
> the Centura subsidiary is in North Carolina.  The parent bank, RBC, is
> Royal Bank of Canada.  They have given me nothing but the very best service
> and it's the first bank I've ever liked.
> 
> There software was developed and is maintained in Atlanta and runs under
> an multilevel security Unix system similar in design to the NSA version
> of Linux.  I helped design bothe the secure Unix kernel and the banking
> software.
> 
> It runs under Netscrape 4 and 6 but won't let me log in under Opera.
> 
> 
> Regarding outsourcing American jobs, I suggest taking one's business
> elsewhere when companies outsource to India or the former Soviet Union.
> (Canada is practically our 51st state anyway.)
> 
> I'd simply ask the support person what country he is in.  If he gives
> some BS answer like "we're not allowed to say" you can be sure it isn't
> in the U.S.  The job you save may be your own.
> 
> HP, M$, and IBM are some of the largest "computer companies" with the largest
> outsourcing policies.
> 
> Bob Toxen
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