On Fri, 18 Jan 2002, David Lawler Christiansen (NT) wrote: > Nobody would go around shouting that the special bags would not fit > aboard "standard" aircraft. Similarly, nobody would cry falsely that > the newly-enhanced aircraft could no longer accept the standard bags. > If they were, there would be footage of me verifying that the bags and > plane work in all four combinations and the issue would die. > > The scenario sounds preposterous, yet IMHO this is exactly what's > happening with Microsoft Kerberos.
not really... your analogy is good, except you are trying to deflect the issue. as you say, the bags do 'fit' in other aircraft. and no-one disputes this. the problem is that your bags' magical 'Tardis'� feature only works if the aircraft manufacturer fits your slots to aircraft. if the bag is used with a non MS slot, then it becomes just an ordinary bag - for no good technical reason. There's no technical functionality in MS Slot2k that ACME Aero-fitting Inc's or Foo's Jet-U-Like Inc slots can not provide, bar one little detail, a 'blob' that MS Tardis2k bags have been designed to look for and only enable their 'Tardis' feature when used with slots that provide this 'blob' (ie MS Slot2k and only MS Slot2k). Ie aircraft manufacturers are forced to go with MS Slot2k in order for consumers to avail of the special (non-slot related) features of their MS Tardis2k bags. I might be wrong, in which case i'm sure you can provide us with compelling technical reasons why the KDC had to have a 'blob', sorry, PAC, in order for Win2K clients to be able to participate in Win2k Active Directory. > > -Wyllys > > Thanks! > -Dave regards, Paul Jakma. �. For those who've never experienced the joys of BBC budget sci-fi: The 'Tardis' was Dr. Who's time machine, shaped like an old british Police Telephone box, which had a property of being much bigger on the inside than on the outside.
