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to: Jeff Shultz
from: Jeff Shultz
date: 2004-01-16 06:40:16
subject: Re: SFU 4 free?

From: Jeff Shultz 

Jeff Shultz wrote:

> Adam Flinton wrote:
>
>> http://news.com.com/2100-1016-5140237.html
>>
>> "Microsoft plans to broaden its attack on Linux and related operating
>> systems this week by giving away a set of tools for migrating
>> applications to Windows.
>>
>> The company is expected to release on Thursday a new version of Services
>> for Unix (SFU), a collection of tools that help Windows systems to work
>> with installations based on the Unix operating system and its
>> open-source derivative, Linux.
>>
>> Microsoft previously charged $99 per client or server to use SFU. But
>> the new version, 3.5, will be free for any customer using a current
>> Windows operating system. "
>>
>
> Wheeee! I want NFS on my Windows2k box.... Samba hasn't been working with
> it since the Mandrake 9.2 upgrade (but worked fine with a Win98SE box I
> had running temporarily).
>
> I can get around it one way with LinNeighborhood, but I want to see my
> Linux box from Windows again.
>
By the way, I just finished downloading this - I just went to
Microsoft.com, put Unix in the search box and it was the first hit. One
note: you do need a Passport account.
But I did everything through Galeon on my Linux box.
--
Jeff Shultz

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