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to: Rich
from: Joe Barr
date: 2002-11-25 09:36:36
subject: Re: Samba is crap

From: "Joe Barr" 


Oh, look.  MS R&D is here to help.

Richard Shupak is the most famous liar in the known universe, except for
the remote possibility that Bill Gate's notoriety of dishonesty outshines
his own.


On Sun, 24 Nov 2002 14:07:47 +0000,  wrote:

>    More FUD and lies Mike.  How would you know what you claim (overlooking
>    that it is false)?
>
>    If the Samba folks can't make their stuff work as easily as Windows (or
>    even MS-DOS) why can't you acknowldge that they have only themselves to
>    blame?
>
> Rich
>
>   "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
> 
> 
> 

> 
> 
>    More FUD
and lies Mike. 
> How would you know what you claim (overlooking that it is
> false)?  
>    If the
Samba folks can't make
> their stuff work as easily as Windows (or even MS-DOS) why can't you
> acknowldge that they have only themselves to blame?
>    size=2>Rich  
> 
style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; > BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> > "Mike '/m'" < href="mike{at}barkto.com>">mailto:mike{at}barkto.com">mike{at}barkto.com> wrote in message > href="news:kd22uu8f27rhlglqnsim48smlf1k6jdvhi{at}4ax.com">news:kd22uu8f27rhlgl qnsim48smlf1k6jdvhi{at}4ax.com...On > Sat, 23 Nov 2002 12:37:35 -0500, "Robert Comer"< href="bobcomer{at}mindspring.com>">mailto:bobcomer{at}mindspring.com">bobcomer{at}mindspring.com> > 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 isone of the folk trying to get > Microsoft to open up their protocols.Bottom line: Micorosft does > not want Samba to "just > work". /m -- --- BBBS/NT v4.01 Flag-4
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