Hello, Hannu!

On Wed, Feb 11, 2004 at 12:25:17PM +0200, Hannu Virtanen wrote:
> I feel this is, what i imagined, Samba is Linux software in the
> future(version 3). My problem is, i do not have compilers, nor do i want to
> learn all the compile options. I feel to base my samba use for binary
> packages and think that it is not good development(Billy Gates loves things
> like this) not to have binary packages(none after version 2). Have to ask
> SGIs(somekind sponsor of samba.org) opinion.

Sorry, but this is part of the idea of free software. You have no restrictions
on use of it, but if you have needs that nobody can fulfil for free, you have
the choice to pick anybody in the world with an IRIX machine and a compiler and
do it for you. You might end up having to pay for it, but that is the price you
pay for using a niche platform. If you feel better using proprietary software,
this is your choice as well. We don't attach any strings on how you use Samba.

You might find somebody to sell you a proprietary SMB server for IRIX, I don't
know that market well enough. All we can offer is another option among the
wealth of SMB servers around.

Don't get me wrong, I would love to help you. But I don't have an IRIX machine
around.

Volker

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