Shannon Roddy wrote:

>
> On Jan 21, 2004, at 9:09 PM, Dustin Puryear wrote:
>
>> They are now giving away Windows Services for UNIX. It used to work 
>> like the
>> RK I think. You pay around $100 and you essentially get a site 
>> license. Now
>> it's free. Should be interesting.
>>
>> http://www.winnetmag.com/Article/ArticleID/41498/Windows_41498.html
>>
>> If you have never looked at this before, it allows a Windows server 
>> to do
>> everything from serve as an NIS master server to offering out network 
>> shares
>> using NFS.
>
>
> One problem.... I don't want my windows machines offering services to 
> my UNIX machines.  I want it the other way around!

I agree. If its not necessary that a service be on a windows box then it 
won't be.

>   I want my windows machines to authenticate against NIS, LDAP, etc. etc. 

I don't want my windows machines. Although I admit that the win2k boxes 
are useable and solid preformers, I get things like; Anon, "I need you 
to upgrade my desktop to the same version of Office you put on my 
laptop" Me, "Why?" Anon, "Because I can't create an excel sheet on my 
laptop and open it on my desktop." Me, "?!"   

> I think it is strange that M$ is giving something away.... Perhaps no 
> one was buying it because of reasons like the one above?

Ya its bait for new sysadmins who are clueless about unix.

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