New payment service now works with Linux
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| The problem with this, for the Linux user, is that the software is developed
| to support windows based operating systems.
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| David Viljoen, IT director of MyGate, explained that although the software
| can be made to work on certain flavours of Linux, this usually requires that
| software is developed to integrate the system.
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| Merchants are able to then access the 3D Secure and SecureCode software on
| the MyGate servers, which are Windows based. "This eliminates the need for
| the merchant to install the application on any one of the variety of Linux
| platforms out there," Viljoen concluded.
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SA Government's OSS plans revealed
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| Migration of current systems is also planned. This will be done in a phased
| approach, beginning with applications such as replacing MS Office with Open
| Office or KOffice and replacing Internet Explorer with Firefox. This will in
| time lead up to the operating system, replacing Windows with a Linux
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| distribution. Migration to Apache for the running of government websites has
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| already occurred within a number of departments.
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