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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 --- BBBS/NT v4.01 Flag-5* Origin: Barktopia BBS Site http://HarborWebs.com:8081 (1:379/45) SEEN-BY: 633/267 270 @PATH: 379/45 1 633/267 |
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