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Microsoft takes on Linux with free tools | CNET News.com
by Decius at 6:34 pm EST, Jan 14, 2004

] The company is expected to release on Thursday a new
] version of Services for Unix (SFU), a collection of tools
] that help Windows systems to work with installations
] based on the Unix operating system and its open-source
] derivative, Linux.
]
] Microsoft previously charged $99 per client or server to
] use SFU. But the new version, 3.5, will be free for any
] customer using a current Windows operating system.

I wouldn't say they are "taking on linux." They are just offering something that lets me mount an NFS partition on a windows box. This is needed mostly because NBT is overly complex and the Samba configuration files reflect this. Samba has two modes of configuration:

1. Really complex
2. Web based

NFS is neither complex nor web based. Thats why people prefer it. It would be easy to create a simplified interface to samba that has similar syntax to /etc/exports, but no... and hence this is needed.

RE: Microsoft takes on Linux with free tools | CNET News.com
by k at 8:00 pm EST, Jan 14, 2004

Decius wrote:
] Samba has too
] modes of configuration:
]
] 1. Really complex
] 2. Web based

yeah, and in my experience, you can replace number 2 there with "doesn't fucking work", because i've had nothing but trouble with the web based admin tools.

] NFS is neither complex nor web based. Thats why people prefer
] it. It would be easy to create a simplified interface to samba
] that has similar syntax to /etc/exports, but no... and hence
] this is needed.

hear hear. man, i wish they'd had this for free a couple of years ago... would've saved all sorts of headaches. i'm still gonna force ryan to download it on his machine so i don't have to care when samba breaks or fails to start on my machine (which is bloody all the time).