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Samba will move to GPLv3

Samba will move to GPLv3Fortunately......I'm not anybody, so I'll use it anyway, as I have for nearly a decade. I suspect that most UNIX/Linux sysadmins needing to share files or printers with Windows systems will do likewise.SuggestionsAny suggestions as to a preferred way to share out files on my...

Tags: Web servers, Microsoft Windows, Printers, Servers, Operating systems, UNIX, Samba Group, Microsoft IIS Server, Jeremy, EU Case, Samba, server, GPLv3

Discussion threads 2007-07-09

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Watch Out for That Meteor, Stallman.

Richard M. Stallman RMS the founder of the Free Software Foundation, has labeled prominent Open Source software developer Miguel De Icaza a "Traitor" for  joining the Board of Directors of Microsoft's CodePlex Foundation as well as for his creation of the Microsoft .NET-compatible Mono software development...

Tags: Ubuntu, Free Software Foundation, GNOME, Microsoft Corp., Richard Stallman, Miguel De Icaza, Mono Framework, Genie, Linux, Open Source, C#, Tools & Techniques, UNIX, .Net, Operating Systems, Software, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Management, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-09-22

Samba, Microsoft cooperate on new set of SMB/CIFS docs?

Sweet...Zoom Zoom!RE: Samba, Microsoft cooperate on new set of SMB/CIFS docs?I'd prefer that Microsoft do its own thing rather than work with SAMBA considering the actions of some members of that team.I agree...because interoperability and competition is a bad thing for the market. Btw, what actions of what members?The...

Tags: SMB/SME, Microsoft Windows, Samba, Microsoft Corp., Common Internet File System, Loverock, Jeremy, small and medium business

Discussion threads 2009-08-18

Another company signs Linux patent-protection deal with Microsoft

Another company signs Linux patent-protection deal with MicrosoftIt's only news if ....... Google signs one.^o^RE: Another company signs Linux patent-protection deal with MicrosoftWe can conclude from this that linux does in fact violate Microsoft's patents. Its no suprise since linux is known for stealing and copying others work. In...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Corp., Linux, patent, Linux patent-protection

Discussion threads 2009-07-16

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11: Lots of Tech but Short on Polish

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11: Lots of Tech but Short on PolishNot often I agree with Flude, but he is right on the money with this postJason,This is a whine. Why do you complain about services that should be off by default?As for your comment about "but your typical end-user...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Operating systems, .NET, Development tools, Desktops, Servers, Perlow, Novell Inc., Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11, SuSE, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop, Mono, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, SuSE Linux, distro

Discussion threads 2009-03-23

Apple releases Mac OS 10.5.5

Apple today released Mac OS 10.5.5 via Software Update. The 136MB updated comes with 33 fixes for the following components: Address Book Disk Utility iCal Mail MobileMe Time Machine Knowledge Base article HT2405 has the details, which are also...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Performance, Apple Inc., Issue, Apple Mac OS, Desktops, Backups, Performance Management, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2008-09-15

The Waltham Pact: Where are the tangibles?

  This week, Microsoft renewed their union with Novell, to the tune of an additional 100 million dollars in commitment to buy more SUSE Linux support certificates that it can sell to its customers. Dang, Ballmer, for that kind of cash, you can get your vows renewed...

Tags: Novell Inc., Microsoft Corp., Linux, Open Source, OpenOffice, UNIX, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Office Suites, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-08-20

Microsoft, Novell bolster Linux partnership

Microsoft, Novell bolster Linux partnershipWhy would you want your competition...selling your product and why would you want to sell your competitions product? I would like to believe this is being done for the good of the customer.I'm trying to think of any other industry where this kind of relationship...

Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, partnership, Companies, Linux, Microsoft Corp., Novell Inc., Linux partnership

Discussion threads 2008-08-20

Tough love: Linux needs more haters

Tough love: Linux needs more hatersGood article, JeremyI'm currently setting up our company network on Linux and will likely be bumping into some of those Samba issues. Complicated by having a mixed OS environment on the client side. Yeah, that's going to be fun. Nice that Google...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux

Discussion threads 2008-07-18

Open source should support Apple over Psystar

Open source should support Apple over PsystarYou're offBSD and GPL are licensesEULA is a contractRE: Open source should support Apple over PsystarDon't get into this argument. "License not Contract" is a magical phrase used by Open Source 'backers' who want to rationalize the idea that using someone's code without permission...

Tags: EULA, open source, Apple Inc., GPL, Joomla

Discussion threads 2008-07-17

What MicroNoHoo means for enterprises

What MicroNoHoo means for enterprisesMicrosoft real enemy is piracyI can't denied Microsoft dominate desktop operating system market but this clearly because of piracy. In my country 40% of computer users use pirated version of Windows. They only use the genuine one if it come with the computerOEM.Microsoft is loosening up...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Piracy, Operating systems, Blogging, Microsoft Corp., MicroNoHoo

Discussion threads 2008-05-04

Centrify's Tom Kemp: Here's the map to avoiding Microsoft's patent minefield

On February 21 of 2008, just two months ago, Microsoft announced "strategic changes in technology and business practices to expand interoperability." These changes, which would be incorporated into a set of "Interoperability Principles" that would provide API and protocol documentation for connectivity to and from their "high-volume business products" naming...

Tags: Patent, Centrify, Samba, Protocol, Microsoft Corp., Tom Kemp, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-04-22

The Open Source Commandments

Next Sunday, the Passover again falls upon us. For those of us Jews that celebrate the holiday, it is most associated with a ceremonial meal spent with family, where we recite the story passed down to us over hundreds of generations from Maxwell House haggadahs chronicling the exodus from Egypt...

Tags: Jason Perlow, Linux, Microsoft Corp., Open Source, Operating Systems, Pharaoh Rameses, Software, UNIX

Blog posts 2008-04-09

PenguinPolitik: Only Ballmer could go to Linux

In my previous post about last week's Microsoft Technology Summit, I talked a little bit about the structure of the event and the overtures that Microsoft seems to be making towards the Open Source community. Some of my esteemed industry colleagues feel that Microsoft is never to be trusted, that...

Tags: Steve Ballmer, File System, Microsoft Corp., Glasnost, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-04-02

Microsoft Meets Open Source: Glasnost 2.0

Last week I spent two days on campus in Redmond with about 40 of my industry colleagues at the Microsoft Technology Summit, an annual invite-only event where Microsoft selects a swath of people from all over the world -- key technology influencers -- to learn about what the company is...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Open Source, Linux, Operating Systems, Software, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-03-31

Small business backup for Windows

Small business backup for WindowsMicrosoft has it's own time machineI'm shocked that you obviously did not research on this issue. Windows Vista and Server 2003 (yes, that means also "since 2003") has VSS, where any data on Drive C: (that's the default) is backed up automatically via shadow copies. Vista...

Tags: Backups, Windows Server Backup, backup, Small Business backup, small business, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-03-05

Google: Microsoft's OOXML shouldn't be a standard

Google: Microsoft's OOXML shouldn't be a standardsurely OOXML should not be standardEver we dont need google to tell it to us. But if google really wanna put a end to MS Make a OS damn'it a nice BSD knockoff like apple is doingThe axis of...

Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), OOXML, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., OpenDocument Format, Microsoft Office

Discussion threads 2008-02-26

Will Vista and Windows Server 2008 really be better together?

Will Vista and Windows Server 2008 really be better together?Examples of the Turd, pleaseExactly what is it about the core of Vista you find to be such a turd? What experiences have you had where the core of Vista has failed you? Please elaborate on the problems you've...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Server, Windows 2008

Discussion threads 2008-01-29

Samba is beneficiary of Microsoft-EU deal

Samba will be a direct beneficiary of Microsoft's agreement to cooperate with the European Union, which was announced today. The agreement is that Samba will get assured compatibility with Microsoft Workgroup protocols through a group called the Protocol Freedom Information Foundation, which is chartered in Delaware. ...

Tags: Samba, Agreement, Microsoft Corp., PFIF, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2007-12-20

XP on OLPC: Microsoft's gambit to stay in the emerging market conversation

XP on OLPC: Microsoft's gambit to stay in the emerging market conversationAll this work on a deprecated OS?I thought Vista was the future? Active development to port XP, let's face it, a stable but very outdated OS onto the OLPC. At some point, MS will have to accept...

Tags: Operating systems, emerging market, Apple OS X, Windows/Linux, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Corp., One Laptop Per Child project, operating system, Microsoft Windows Vista, software

Discussion threads 2007-12-06