Re: [tlug] Linux, Solaris & AIX

["Erin D. Hughes" <erin-hughes@??>]

> Samba is very important
So is not top posting..... http://www.tlug.jp/listpolicy.php
I am the not a stickler for following the rules.... but this is a no 
brainer.

E./

> */"Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen@??>/* wrote:
>
>     mike miller B-\) writes:
>
>     > One of the major "problems" within UNIX itself is the major
>     > differences between the variants which is one of the reasons
>     > Windows gained a large share of the server market.
>
>     I agree that differences between UNIX variants was a major obstacle to
>     adoption, but they are generally quite interoperable over the network;
>     after all, TCP/IP achieved World Domination when Linus was in diapers,
>     and Berkeley sockets are part of POSIX.
>
>     The reason that Windows gained share in the server market is that
>     Windows built-in services (specifically file and printer sharing) were
>     generally incompatible with everything except Windows. Since Windows
>     machines were the obvious cost-effective solution for the business
>     desktop, that implied using Windows servers.
>
>     That's why Samba is so important.
>
>
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