On 8/29/08 11:16 AM, "Jeremy Allison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 12:54:53PM -0500, Gregory Carter wrote: >> Oh, and BY THE WAY. >> >> I do not want to be a total cynic, but you are expecting samba to >> replace a software product that the SuSE corporation directly receives >> MILLIONS in contributions from, said vendor of product it is replacing. >> (Microsoft.) >> >> SuSe would be the absolute LAST linux distro I would use for any sort of >> samba integration. >> >> If I did use it for that purpose, it would be compile from source or I >> would audit the samba source code first. >> >> Who KNOWS what those millions have provided in those "special extra >> features" Microsoft would like to see in the SuSe customer distro that >> right now could be giving you a lot of headaches. >> >> It is only a matter of time before Microsoft starts influencing the >> packaging decisions for SuSE. > > Whilst my opinions on the Microsoft / SuSE deal are well > known, I think this is unfair to the hard-working engineers > at SuSE who produce a first-rate Samba distribution. > > Lars and Jim at SuSE are both Samba Team members, and there is no > question of any corruption or source code changes in SuSE > that are detremental to Samba. > > Whilst not getting into distro-wars, worries about the > state of Samba in SuSE is *NOT* a reason to change your > distribution from SuSE to any other. ---- No distro wars... And I don't want to stray off topic... I'm the sole IT guy managing 500 workstation worldwide and about 40 servers... When I get a new server, I use whatever distro is best supported by the hardware vendor. -brian -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
