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Interview with Andrew Tridgell
Jeremy Allison - Sam writes "See here for a *great* interview with tridge. My favourite quote: 'In 50 years' time I doubt anyone would have ever heard of Samba, but they'll probably be using rsync in one way or another,' Tridgell says. Cheers, Jeremy."
Hear that "whirr"? That's Stallman spinning in his grave, and he's not even dead yet!
Dear Slashdot: next time you want to mess with the site, add a rich-text editor for comments.
we might have something better than html to post in as well.
we can only hope!
If you had nuts on your chin, would they be chin nuts?
'In 50 years' time I doubt anyone would have ever heard of Samba'
Oh, I don't know 'bout that... it's been at least a few centuries since Waltz was invented and I know a few folks who still cut the rug in 3/4 time! *rimshot*
Good judgment comes from experience.
Experience comes from bad judgment.
for rsync suppose to go to the space station?
The Kruger Dunning explains most post on
What data doesn't make a NT box eventually reboot?
"Evil will always triumph because good is dumb." -- Dark Helmet
How long until someone patents it as a device for fixing Windows security problems?
To make laws that man cannot, and will not obey, serves to bring all law into contempt.
--E.C. Stanton
That protocol has a wide open backdoor vulnerability! Proof that "open source" is teh lose!
This totally ignores a more urgent problem than Y2K. I like to call it the "Y10K" problem. Since no one is preparing for it, when the year 9999 rolls around, we are going to have major problems. You see, they only updated most date fields with 4 digits, not nearly enough just a few millenia from now. And I dare you to suggest "they certainly won't be using the same computers they're using now!". That's what they said last time. Worse, all the copies of COBOL for Dummies and The Complete Idiot's Guide to COBOL will have long since rotted.
If I were you, I'd start stocking up on canned food, and non-electronic forms of currency like rolls of toilet paper.
I have never heard of rsync, but I have a samba PDC in my basement. I'm not any hotrod Linux hacker or anything. My wife asked me how come she didnt see the same favorites on both computers?
;)
I made it so.
I'm a good husband.
Besides, these things are not just toys right? It was damn easy. Buying as much as an NT server still costs no less than $500 on ebay. samba cost about 5 minutes in FTP to get the latest for RedHat. On my K6-233 Asus tx97x its flawless. Flawless i say.
Ramble on.
Everytime I login I feel a little geekdom. Everytime my wife *doesen't* complain about the computer I feel like THE MAN. You see in my house I am Bill Gates. If windows breaks, I get the blame. If Linux is too confusing, I get the blame. So what we have here is the best of both worlds. BTW, i used to get pissed at the IT department for taking so long to launch new OSes. Now I am about to take XP off my computer because its loosing faxes and the printer dont work on it, etc... Its affecting my love life
"We observe the interaction between Windows boxes on the network, watch the packets (of data) going past, and then try sending that packet ourselves to see what happens. Sometimes we get a slap in the face, most times we get a coffee," he says.
It took me a second read to realize that asking for the "wrong thing" from your waitress might get you that proverbial slap in the face!