Re: [tlug] Linux, Solaris & AIX

["mike miller B-\)" <miklmiller@??>]

"Erin D. Hughes" <erin-hughes@??> wrote:

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> 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./

Ok, being a mailing list "newbie" (maybe 6 posts in 2 mailing lists over 3-4 years) this is the first I've heard of this. Did my post also violate "Failing to trim" and "Thread hijacking" aspects as well from your perspecitve?

Mike

> */"Stephen J. Turnbull" /* wrote:
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> mike miller B-\) writes:
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> > 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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