On Mon, 7 Jan 2002 at 11:29, Pong wrote: > this *is* a perfect argument. take a look at NetBEUI, Microsoft PPP LCP > Extensions, PPTP, Windows Internet Name Service, PDC/BDC/SMB (sorry for > those using Samba) --- all hell loads of proprietary standards.
Do not apologize to us Samba users (or even the Samba developers) Pong. I read it somewhere from the top Samba guy himself: the SMB protocol sucks. The only reason we still use it is because we have to support Windows clients for one reason or another, and Samba is the language they talk most fluently (it seems) for convenient file and print sharing. And we have Samba because of reverse engineering. And thanks to Microsoft continuously changing how their software talks, the Samba team has their hands full, it seems. --> Jijo -- Federico Sevilla III :: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Network Administrator :: The Leather Collection, Inc. GnuPG Key: http://jijo.leathercollection.ph/jijo.gpg _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
