Samba

Samba developer declares Microsoft to be officially open-source friendly

Microsoft Subnet — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 10:43:42 -0400

It's been a year since Microsoft's failed attempt to shrug off the EU's demands over interoperability.

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Which technology suffers most from technology racism, Windows or Linux?

Microsoft Subnet — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:49:09 -0400

Samba's Jeremy Allison stars as a very entertaining guest with Don Marti on the Linuxcast podcast show. (Here's a couple of one-liners from Allison to illustrate the point that this podcast is entertaining: "The new Samba 3.2 … It's wonderful! It sings, it dances, it makes toast! We've been working on it for over a year … I think this thing has been gestating longer than an elephant.")

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Asus Eee Update

Craig Mathias — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:50:26 -0400

I've been using the Asus Eee PC for a few weeks now, and I have to say my overall impression is very favorable indeed. It's very portable (small and light), has reasonable battery life, a very fast boot time (and fast shutdown as well - ever needed to head to the airport while Microsoft wasted your time shutting down XP by installing updates?), and overall easy manageability. Now, of course, this is LINUX, and you'd better be comfortable using the command line (terminal window) interface from time to time.

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Samba creates win/win situation with Microsoft and open source

Microsoft Subnet — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 13:33:04 -0500

Is the European Commission slowly forcing Microsoft to change its patent violations tune?

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Microsoft Does Samba

James Gaskin — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 11:02:05 -0500

No, not the dance, although I'm sure Steve Ballmer would love something to replace the Monkey Boy Dance video on YouTube. I'm talking this time about the Open Source Samba software that connects non-Microsoft computers to Microsoft shared folders and vice versa. Look for improved storage appliances soon.

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RE: Microsoft deal gives Samba access to Windows protocol documentation

Fri, 21 Dec 2007 08:15:35 -0500

Here is the press release from FSFE , the history of the case, details about the agreement, and the agreement text itself.

Samba guru quits Novell for Google over Microsoft deal

Sat, 23 Dec 2006 07:11:36 -0500

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