From: Mike '/m' 


IBM has been helping the Samba team lately.

 /m

On Sun, 24 Nov 2002 12:21:45 -0500, "Robert Comer"
 wrote:

>Good point.
>
>Even the SMB server on the AS/400 doesn't quite "just work"
as it should.
>It's in a better state than what Linux has though.
>
>- Bob Comer
>
>
>"Mike '/m'"  wrote in message
>news:kd22uu8f27rhlglqnsim48smlf1k6jdvhi{at}4ax.com...
>> On Sat, 23 Nov 2002 12:37:35 -0500, "Robert Comer"
>>  wrote:
>>
>> >> Why doesn't it 'just work'?
>> >
>> >Good question.
>>
>>
>> Because Windows networking is a tangle of proprietary protocols,
>> half-baked code, and gawd-awful spaghetti code.   The Samba team is
>> one of the folk trying to get Microsoft to open up their protocols.
>>
>> Bottom line: Micorosft does not want Samba to "just work".
>>
>>  /m
>>
>

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