Whiskey and SharePoint…
Posted by Jan Van Belle
on November 9, 2007
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Belgian E-ID on mac
Posted by Jan Van Belle
on October 22, 2007
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I finally got a new Belgian identity card. I immediately tried to get it to work on my Mac. This is what I needed to do:
- download the drivers for my smartcard reader (ACS – http://www.acs.com.hk/acr38_driversmanual.asp)
- download the middleware for MacOs from the Belgian E-ID site. You don’t need it if you just want to use the e-id with Safari and Keychain, but it has a nice app that allows you to read the info on your card, and even change your pin.
I am able to view the data on my E-ID, but unfortunately, logging in to websites with the card does not work; on Taxonweb I get the message that Safari is not supported, logging in to Certipost just does not work. There is still some work to do…
It works with Windows Vista though … :–(
Vmware Fusion rocks!
Posted by Jan Van Belle
on October 15, 2007
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I have been quite busy the last two weeks with the preparation of our Clients’ Day. My colleagues have built a great infrastructure in Vmware, representing a “Virtual Company” with more than 40 servers, virtual desktop infrastructure, Office Communication Server… Really cool stuff.
Thanks to them, I was able to test Vmware Fusion, the virtualization tool for Mac. I now have the fastest Windows XP ever… on my iMac! Fusion has a sort of “quick install mode” for Windows: you specify your logon name, enter the license key, hit OK, turn around, and… it’s installed!
A different view on Apple
Posted by Jan Van Belle
on September 26, 2007
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If you are an Apple fan like me, you will not enjoy reading this article:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,136949-c,companynews/article.html
On the other hand, it will make you think about the way large companies are doing business. Is Apple really “Thinking different“?